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transparent (iou)



transparent adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French from medieval Latin transparent- pres. ppl stem of transparere shine through, from Latin TRANS- + parere come into view: see -ENT.]
Having the property of transmitting light, so as to make objects lying beyond clearly visible; pellucid; diaphanous. Formerly also, visible through something. LME.
M. Gee A shocking pink transparent shorty nighty. L. Spalding We can see their hearts beating through their thin, transparent skin.
b. Of light: shining through; penetrating. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
Shakespeare 2 Henry VI Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams.
c. Allowing the passage of radiant heat or any other specified kind of radiation; allowing the passage of sound waves without distortion. L19.
d. Computing. Of a program or process: not revealing its presence to the general user. L20.
fig. Easily seen through or understood; easily discerned; evident, obvious; (of a person, statement, etc.) frank, open, ingenuous. L16.
J. Frame Someone spoke of a place..with such transparent love. A. Brookner I was straightforward, transparent.
b. Phonology. Of a rule: that can be extrapolated from every occurrence of the phenomenon; to which there are no exceptions. Opp. OPAQUE adjective 3b. L20.
Of sound: clear, not blurred; without tonal distortion. M20.
Keyboard Player You hear solid brass with transparent mid-range and treble.
transparently adverb E17.
transparentness noun (rare) E18.