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Webster 1913 Edition

Transparency

Trans-par′en-cy

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Noun.
;
pl.
Transparencies
(#)
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[Cf. F.
transparence
.]
1.
The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.
2.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transparency

TRANSPA'RENCY

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Noun.
[See Transparent.] That state or property of a body by which it suffers rays of light to pass through it, so that objects can be distinctly seen through it; diaphaneity. This is a property of glass, water and air, which when clear, admit the free passage of light. Transparency is opposed to opakeness.

Definition 2024

transparency

transparency

English

Noun

transparency ‎(countable and uncountable, plural transparencies)

  1. (countable) a transparent object.
  2. (countable) specifically, a transparent material with an image on it, that is viewable by shining light through it.
  3. (figuratively) openness, degree of accessibility to view
  4. (uncountable) the quality of being transparent; transparence.

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transparent +‎ -cy

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