lucency
Quality of transparency
Lucency is the quality of being translucent or luminous—allowing light to pass through or emitting a soft glow.
The word appears in technical and literary contexts: the lucency of the membrane, a strange lucency in her eyes.
In medical imaging, a lucency is an area that appears darker on an X-ray, indicating lower density where radiation passes through more easily.
Intrinsic brightness of source
- glowSteady, soft light
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- illuminationProvision of light
- shineEmit or reflect light
luster · sheen · effulgence · refulgence · incandescence · phosphorescence · fluorescence · gleam
Diffused light transmission
- pellucidityTransparent clarity of meaning
- diaphanousnessDelicate, light-permitting quality
- clarityState of being understandable
- see-throughAllowing vision through
crystal-clear · limpidity · glassiness · sheerness · clearness · vitreous · hyaline · gossamer
Penetrating diagnostic beam
- imagingProducing visual representations
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
- radiographImage from radiation exposure
- scanBrief visual sweep
shadow · density · tissue · lesion · bone · pulmonary · contrast · penetration
Absence of obscurity
- perspicuityPlainness of expression
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
distinctness · sharpness · definition · coherence · articulateness · explicability
luminosity
Intrinsic brightness of source
- glowSteady, soft light
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- illuminationProvision of light
shine · luster · sheen · effulgence · refulgence · incandescence · phosphorescence · fluorescence · gleam · glimmer
translucence
Diffused light transmission
- pellucidityTransparent clarity of meaning
- diaphanousnessDelicate, light-permitting quality
- clarityState of being understandable
see-through · crystal-clear · limpidity · glassiness · sheerness · clearness · vitreous · hyaline · gossamer · gauzy
X-ray
Penetrating diagnostic beam
- imagingProducing visual representations
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
- radiographImage from radiation exposure
scan · shadow · density · tissue · lesion · bone · pulmonary · contrast · penetration · attenuation
clearness
Absence of obscurity
- perspicuityPlainness of expression
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
precision · distinctness · sharpness · definition · coherence · articulateness · explicability
lucencyopacity
Impermeability to light
opaqueness · cloudiness · turbidity · murkiness · haziness
lucencyobscurity
State of being unknown
equivocalness · ambiguity · opacity · unintelligibility · vagueness