About The Word Transparent
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Transparent
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What's The Definition Of Transparent?
[adj] 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"
[adj] easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie" [adj] free of deceit [adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Transparent: clear | cobwebby | crystal clear | crystalline | diaphanous | filmy | gauzy | gossamer | guileless | limpid | lucid | obvious | pellucid | see-through | sheer | straight | thin | vaporous Related Terms | Find terms related to Transparent: See Also | Transparent In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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