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limpidity

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The property of being limpid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The limpidity of Lake Tahoe is legendary, but now the water is clouding.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

passing light without diffusion or distortion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pellucidness, pellucidity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transparency, transparence, transparentness

3

noun

Meaning 3

free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: comprehensibility, understandability

Narrower terms: monosemy, focus, preciseness, clearcutness, perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness, unambiguity, unequivocalness, explicitness

History

Etymology

From French limpidité, from Latin limpiditas.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kirkkaus — property of being limpid.
  • French: limpidité — property of being limpid.
  • German: Klarheit — property of being limpid.