diaphanous

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adjective

So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film: aerial, aery, airy, ethereal, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, sheer², transparent, vaporous, vapory. See thick/thin.

adj

Definition: fine, see-through
Antonyms: opaque, thick

IN BRIEF: Having such fineness of texture as to be see-through.

The ballerina wore a long, diaphanous skirt.

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a gene that is homologous in Drosophila, mouse, and human. It encodes a protein (≈1250 amino acids) that binds profilin and regulates polymerization of actin in the cytoskeleton of hair cells of the inner ear. A protein-truncating mutation in the human gene diaphanous 1 (at 5q31) leads to an autosomal dominant form of deafness. The locus for diaphanous 2 (at Xq22) is the same as that for an X-linked form of deafness.

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• Fashion, Trim, and Sewing - diaphanous: (adj) transparent or translucent and gauzy

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gennemsigtig, diafan

Nederlands (Dutch)
doorzichtig, gaasachtig

Français (French)
adj. - diaphane

Deutsch (German)
adj. - durchsichtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διάφανος, διαυγής

Italiano (Italian)
diafano

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - diáfano

Русский (Russian)
прозрачный, расплывчатый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - diáfano, casi transparente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - genomskinlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
透明的, 精致的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 透明的, 精致的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (옷감이) 들여다 보이는, (확률이) 적은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 透けて見える, 透明な, 霊妙な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خفيف وناعم وتقريبا شفاف, شفاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שקוף‬

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