Talk:semitransparent

Semi transparent (also semitransparent and semi-transparent) has three potentially conflicting definition types: 1. Translucent (as above). 2. Clear (allowing optical details to show through, but with the absorption of some or all visible wavelengths; "slightly colored and/or speckled colors which allow most colors to show through with only slight distortions" (a). 3. Half-mirrored (b).

These are summarized in the ambiguous definition "partially or imperfectly transparent" (c) and the term see-through.

a. www.thesarus.com, www.pokeanosepottery.com/dictionary.htm, see ASTM D6763. b. www.wordnik.com, Encyclopedia of Privacy: A-M (2007), W. Staples.