a. | 1. | Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. |
Adj. | 1. | diaphanous - so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" |