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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Translucent buttons or luminescent buttons
Hi
Some buttons or hands in clocks can be seen in the dark. What are they called in everyday English? Translucent buttons or luminescent buttons? Please see if this conversation is natural.
A - How did you reach the switch if it was completely dark in the room?
B - The switch had luminescent buttons.
Thanks,
Tom
Some buttons or hands in clocks can be seen in the dark. What are they called in everyday English? Translucent buttons or luminescent buttons? Please see if this conversation is natural.
A - How did you reach the switch if it was completely dark in the room?
B - The switch had luminescent buttons.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
Luminescent is fine (not translucent). "
- Luminescent is fine (not translucent).
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Luminescent is fine (not translucent). More informal and conversational would be "the switch glows in the dark," or "it has 'glow-in-the-dark' buttons."
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Mr. TomTranslucent ... or luminescenttranslucent is wrong; luminescent is right.
'translucent' is that which lets light pass through it.
'luminescent' is that which gives off light.
CJ
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