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transparency

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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:  a  positive  photograph  or  drawing  on  a  transparent  base; 
  viewed  with  a  projector  [syn:  {foil}]




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