Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transparent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transparent \Trans*par"ent\, a. [F., from LL. transparens,
-entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans
across, through + parere to appear. See {Appear}.]
1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that
bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light;
diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
diamond; -- opposed to {opaque}. ``Transparent elemental
air.'' --Milton.
2. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a
transparent veil. --Dryden.
Syn: Translucent; pellucid; clear; bright; limpid; lucid;
diaphanous. See {Translucent}. -- {Trans*par"ent*ly},
adv. -- {Trans*par"ent*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transparent
adj 1: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity;
"the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal
clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the
limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook";
"transparent cristal" [syn: {crystalline}, {crystal
clear}, {limpid}, {lucid}, {pellucid}]
2: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous
veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion
down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings";
"transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: {diaphanous},
{filmy}, {gauzy}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {sheer}, {vaporous},
{cobwebby}]
3: free of deceit [syn: {guileless}]
4: easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of
subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent
lie"
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