Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transparency"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transparency \Trans*par"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Transparencies}. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transparency
n 1: permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
[syn: {transparence}] [ant: {opacity}]
2: the quality of being clear and transparent [syn: {transparence},
{transparentness}]
3: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a
transparent base; viewed with a projector [syn: {foil}]
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