pellucidity

pel·lu·cid  (p-lsd)

adj.

1. Admitting the passage of light; transparent or translucent. See Synonyms at clear.

2. Transparently clear in style or meaning: pellucid prose.

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[Latin pellcidus, from pellcre, to shine through : per-, through; see per- + lcre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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pel·lu·cidi·ty, pel·lucid·ness n.

pel·lucid·ly adv.

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pellucidity

the quality, state, or art of writing or speaking in a fashion that is easy to understand. — pellucidness, n. — pellucid, adj.

See also: Language Style

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pellucidity - free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness comprehensibility, understandability - the quality of comprehensible language or thought monosemy - having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases focus - maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion" clearcutness, preciseness - clarity as a consequence of precision perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness - clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous unambiguity, unequivocalness - clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity explicitness - clarity as a consequence of being explicit
	2.	pellucidity - passing light without diffusion or distortion pellucidness, limpidity transparentness, transparence, transparency - the quality of being clear and transparent