Definitions for: Transparency


[n] picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
[n] the quality of being clear and transparent
[n] permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: foil, transparence, transparence, transparentness

Antonyms: opacity

See Also: clarity, clearness, icon, ikon, image, lantern slide, limpidity, overhead, pellucidity, pellucidness, physical phenomenon, picture, slide, uncloudedness, viewgraph

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