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transparency
| transparent
| transparent gem
| transparent quartz
| transparent substance
| transparent things
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transparency
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun transparency has 3 senses
- transparency(n = noun.phenomenon) transparence - permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation; Array is a kind of physical phenomenon
- transparency(n = noun.attribute) transparence, transparentness - the quality of being clear and transparent; Array is a kind of clarity, clearness, uncloudedness
- transparency(n = noun.artifact) foil - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; Array is a kind of icon, ikon, image, picture
Antonym: opacity
Derived forms adjective transparent1, adjective transparent2
has particulars: limpidity, pellucidity, pellucidness
Derived form adjective transparent4
has particulars: lantern slide, slide, overhead, viewgraph
CIDE DICTIONARY
transparency, n. [Cf. F. transparence.].
- The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence. [1913 Webster]
- That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it. Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
transparency, n. (pl. -ies)
1 the condition of being transparent.
2 Photog. a positive transparent photograph on glass or in a frame to be viewed using a slide projector etc.
3 a picture, inscription, etc., made visible by a light behind it.
1 the condition of being transparent.
2 Photog. a positive transparent photograph on glass or in a frame to be viewed using a slide projector etc.
3 a picture, inscription, etc., made visible by a light behind it.
Etymology
med.L transparentia (as TRANSPARENT)
THESAURUS
transparency
Celluloid, Lucite, Perspex, Photostat, Plexiglas, Telephoto, Wirephoto, Xerox, Xerox copy, aerial photograph, aquamarine, beryl, black-and-white photograph, blowup, blueprint, candid photograph, carnelian, cellophane, chalcedony, cheesecake, chiffon, chronophotograph, chrysolite, citrine, clarity, clear-cutness, clearness, coherence, color photograph, color print, connectedness, consistency, contact printing, crystal, crystallinity, cyanotype, definition, diamond, diaphane, diapositive, directness, distinctness, emerald, enlargement, explicitness, glossy, gossamer, heliochrome, heliograph, hologram, hyaline, lantern slide, limpidity, lucidity, matte, mica, microcopy, microprint, montage, moonstone, morganite, mug, mug shot, onionskin, pellucidity, perspicuity, photo, photobiography, photochronograph, photocopy, photograph, photogravure, photomap, photomicrograph, photomontage, photomural, photostatic copy, picture, pinup, plain English, plain speech, plain style, plainness, portrait, positive, print, projection printing, quartz, semi-matte, sheers, shot, simplicity, slide, snap, snapshot, still, still photograph, straightforwardness, structure, telephotograph, tissue, tissue paper, transparent things, transpicuity, unadorned style, unambiguousness, unequivocalness, unmistakableness, veil, voile, water, windowROGET THESAURUS
transparency
Transparency
N transparence, transparency, clarity, translucence, translucency, diaphaneity, lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity, fluorescence, transillumination, translumination, transparent medium, glass, crystal, lymph, vitrite, water, transparent, pellucid, lucid, diaphanous, translucent, tralucent, relucent, limpid, clear, serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous, transpicuous, glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreform.
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