| He was pale-skinned to the point of translucence and his sunken eyes were dark with fatigue. |
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| Where privacy is a concern, invest in lighter curtain fabrics such as lightly woven linens or cottons that have a high degree of translucence. |
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| At first glance these would appear to be melanite but the closeup shows a bright red translucence at the crystal edges and fracture planes. |
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| Opaque during the day, the perforated screens have a seductive, gauzy translucence after dark, as light diffuses through the fine mesh. |
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| In the 1990s, however, as managerialism began to dominate the university, translucence and opaqueness replaced transparency. |
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| These stripes often alternate between dense opacity and a milky translucence that barely hides the underlying layers. |
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| Her skin had an uncanny translucence relieved by large dark blotches where nurses had tried to find a vein and she had bled under the surface. |
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| But, the spreading of colours to get the effect of translucence or transparency should be done before the material absorbs the colour. |
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| The alabaster's milky translucence and variegated, veined surfaces suggest the body, celestial charts and tide-roiled seashores. |
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| Different terms applied to opaque and translucent red, and special terms described translucence itself. |
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| Galia Amsel, working with translucence and opacity, pushes grey and white glass to its densest, tapering her squared slabs towards narrow, light edges. |
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| Suspended within multiple layers of the building structure, the effect of this gauzy translucence is to elevate space into an experience of lightness and weightlessness. |
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| It is a substance that reflects light, readily changes its degree of translucence, and must flow, splash and ripple realistically. |
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| Alec imagined it having the size and vascular translucence of a gooseberry. |
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| The combination of translucence and protection makes glass a very popular material in architecture. |
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| Furthermore, it offers extremely low plaque affinity and because of its carefully matched shade intensity, it has a natural translucence. |
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| Then, as a stained-glass artisan, she experimented with translucence and luminosity. |
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| The surface of smooth hairs appears even and often shiny, that of verrucose hairs slightly irregular and a little dull due to impeded translucence. |
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| Its impact resistance and lightness, as well as its translucence and thermal insulation are characteristics that make this product more suitable than glass. |
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| Only when the mixture of the paste and the firing methods have been coordinated perfectly with each other, is it possible to achieve the porcelain's desired purity, translucence and brilliance in the glaze. |
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| The resulting cylinder is then dipped in a batter that rivals the finest Japanese tempura and thereafter is quickly deep fried for just enough time to bring the scallop to the point of translucence. |
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| Examination of the product for translucence and foreign matter. |
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| The louche that follows is a beautiful jade, building gradually with all the expected visual, and ending with just the right degree of translucence. |
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| Interiors, where glass and stone dominate, will fascinate you with their translucence and clear lines, as well as warm atmosphere provided by our hospitable staff. |
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| Rosewood in its many varieties is perhaps the most frequently encountered and the most popular for its seeming translucence and satin, soft finish. |
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| During the 1950s Hepworth produced an experimental series called Groups, clusters of small anthropomorphic forms in marble so thin that their translucence creates a magical sense of inner life. |
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| There is an initial glassiness or translucence of the leaf veins and petioles, which then become swollen and, since they do not grow as fast as the rest of the leaf, acquire a markedly crinkly appearance. |
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| The earliest symptoms are a slight glassiness or translucence of the tissue without softening around the vascular system, particularly near the heel end. |
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| The Dutch also allegedly placed candles on the victims' bodies to demonstrate the translucence of the flesh. |
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| Enables swift, efficient recovery of firmness, translucence and silkiness. |
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| The toughness, strength, and translucence of porcelain arise mainly from the formation of glass and the mineral mullite within the fired body at these high temperatures. |
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