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Diaphanous

Diaphanous meaning

Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through. | Of a fine, almost transparent, texture; gossamer; light and insubstantial. | Isorefractive, having an identical refractive index.

Example sentences (10)

Around her, at various times, are twittering wooden flutes, a rolling bass vamp, diaphanous vocal harmonies, stray percussion and ethereal keyboards, appearing and disappearing at whim while leaving her entirely unruffled.

For Boygenius, they wanted to honor those roots and the skills they’ve honed along the way — confessional lyrics sung in a tight-knit cadence, diaphanous vocals, textural guitar work — but remove the gatekeep-y coolness factor of indie-rock.

In the first performance, a Thursday evening, the pianist treated a diaphanous cadenza with too much flamboyance; Muti, visibly displeased on the podium, took him aside later, and the following afternoon, the passage was properly light and watery.

As I took in the floral hues and diaphanous drawings in the Michael C. Carlos Museum’s newest installment, I was utterly mesmerized by the garden of femininity blooming around me.

In the videos, branding is highlighted, and thought is given to the experience of the garments: Calderoni stretches in a sheer lace pajama, a diaphanous dress is set aloft from a balcony, and pearl beads rustle on a skirt fringe.

No one knows the future, but consider tweaking your generic ghost costume to represent the diaphanous spirit of one of these businesses or professions.

But there are some Vietnamese restaurant kitchens, staffed with masters of the huge, diaphanous noodles, that serve traditional steamed banh cuon about an hour south of Los Angeles, in and around Westminster, in the area known as Little Saigon.

Cornflower blues, sherbetty pinks and lavender blues formed the palette of this diaphanous and feminine affair.

Kienzle (2005) 81 Musically the opera has been held to represent a continuing development of the composer's style, and Barry Millington describes it as "a diaphanous score of unearthly beauty and refinement".

The first gene mapped for non-syndromic deafness, DFNA1, involves a splice site mutation in the formin related homolog diaphanous 1 (DIAPH1).