Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: clear, cobwebby, crystal clear, crystalline, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, guileless, limpid, lucid, obvious, pellucid, see-through, sheer, straight, thin, vaporous

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