limpidity
(lɪmˈpɪdɪtɪ)
[ad. F. limpidité or late L. limpiditāt-em, f. limpidus limpid.]
Clearness, transparence, with reference to both material and immaterial things.
| 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1664 H. More Myst. Iniq. 245 Rivers what they signifie..in respect of their limpidity. 1758 Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 133 We are surprised to observe the solution of copper..retain its limpidity. 1870 Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 178 The limpidity of its expression allows us to measure it at a glance. 1886 Ruskin Præterita I. 294 Waters, of a perfect limpidity. |