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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSPA'RENT, a. [L. trans and pareo, to 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 opake.
2. Admitting the passage of light; open porous; as a transparent vail.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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 crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent]
2: 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" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]
3: free of deceit [syn: guileless, transparent]
4: easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin transparent-, transparens, present participle of transpar?re to show through, from Latin trans- + par?re to show oneself Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly ; pellucid (2) allowing the passage of a specified form of radiation (as X-rays or ultraviolet light) b. fine or sheer enough to be seen through ; diaphanous 2. a. free from pretense or deceit ; frank b. easily detected or seen through ; obvious c. readily understood d. characterized by visibility or accessibility of information especially concerning business practices Synonyms: see clear • transparently adverb • transparentness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 allowing light to pass through so that bodies can be distinctly seen (cf. TRANSLUCENT). 2 a (of a disguise, pretext, etc.) easily seen through. b (of a motive, quality, etc.) easily discerned; evident; obvious. 3 (of a person etc.) easily understood; frank; open. 4 Physics transmitting heat or other electromagnetic rays without distortion. Derivatives: transparently adv. transparentness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L transparens f. L transparere shine through (as TRANS-, parere appear)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Transparent 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If an object or substance is transparent, you can see through it. ...a sheet of transparent coloured plastic... ADJ 2. If a situation, system, or activity is transparent, it is easily understood or recognized. The company has to make its accounts and operations as transparent as possible. ADJ • transparently The system was clearly not functioning smoothly or transparently... ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj 3. You use transparent to describe a statement or action that is obviously dishonest or wrong, and that you think will not deceive people. He thought he could fool people with transparent deceptions. ADJ • transparently To force this agreement on the nation is transparently wrong... ADV: ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Clear, lucid, bright, limpid, crystalline, transpicuous, translucent, that may be seen through. 2. Open, porous, transpicuous. 3. Clear, lucid, open, perspicuous, transpicuous.

Moby Thesaurus

apparent, articulate, artless, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear as glass, clear-cut, cloudless, coherent, connected, consistent, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, diaphane, diaphanous, direct, distinct, distinguishable, downright, evident, explicit, express, filmy, flimsy, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, gauzy, genuine, glassy, gossamer, gossamery, guileless, heart-to-heart, ingenuous, light, light-pervious, lightish, lightsome, limpid, loud and clear, lucent, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, naive, nonopaque, obvious, on the level, open, openhearted, outspoken, patent, peekaboo, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plain-spoken, recognizable, relucent, revealing, round, see-through, serene, sheer, simple, sincere, straight, straight-out, straightforward, thin, translucent, translucid, transpicuous, unambiguous, unchecked, unclouded, unconfused, unconstrained, understandable, undisguised, undissembling, unequivocal, unguarded, univocal, unmistakable, unobscured, unreserved, unrestrained, well-defined