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   transparency

   /tranˈsparənsi/

   noun

   • 1. the condition of being transparent: "the transparency of ice" Similar translucencyluciditypelluciditylimpidnesslimpidityglassinessliquidityclearnessclarityrare:transpicuousnessclarityclearnessluciditystraightforwardnessplainnessobviousnessexplicitnessunambiguityunambiguousnessrare:transpicuousnessblatantnessflagrancyobviousnesspatentnessmanifestnessbarefacednessshamelessnessbrazennessboldnessunmistakablenessclearnessclarityplainnessvisibilitydistinctnessapparentnessperceptibilitydiscernibilitypalpabilityfranknessopennesscandidnesshonestydirectnessforthrightnessunreservednessplain-spokennessstraightnessstraightforwardnessingenuousnessinnocenceguilelessnesssimplicityOpposite opacitycloudinessobscurityambiguityobscuritycunningsecrecy
   • 2. a positive transparent photograph printed on transparent plastic or glass, able to be viewed using a slide projector: "colour transparencies of the Grand Canyon" Similar slidediapositivephotographphotopicturesnapimageportraitprintplatefilmexposurestill

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a general term denoting a transparent object): from medieval Latin transparentia, from transparent- ‘shining through’ (see transparent).

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