Pellucidity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pellucidity \Pel`lu*cid"i*ty\, Pellucidness \Pel*lu"cid*ness\,
     n. [L. pelluciditas.]
     The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency;
     translucency; clearness; as, the pellucidity of the air.
     --Locke.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pellucidity
       n 1: free from obscurity and easy to understand; the
            comprehensibility of clear expression [syn: {clarity}, {lucidity},
             {clearness}, {limpidity}] [ant: {unclearness}, {obscureness}]
       2: passing light without diffusion or distortion [syn: {pellucidness},
           {limpidity}]