transparency
NounUS[tran-sper-uhn-see]/trænˈspɛrənsi/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)transparencies
- permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiationSynonyms: transparenceType of physical phenomenon
- the quality of being clear and transparentSynonyms: transparencetransparentnessType of clearness, clarityKinds pellucidness, pellucidity
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projectorSynonyms: foilType of picture, imageKinds slide, viewgraph
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Trans·par′en·cy noun; pl. Transparencies (#).
Origin: 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. Fred. William Fairholt
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54