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TRANSPARENT DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found


Websters 1828 Dictionary

Transparent 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) 2.1 (2005)

transparent 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"




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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)

transparent adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin transparent-, transparens, present participle of transparēre to show through, from Latin trans- + parēre 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 cleartransparently adverbtransparentness noun

Oxford English Reference Dictionary

transparent
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)


Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary

transparent 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. ADJtransparently 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. ADJtransparently To force this agreement on the nation is transparently wrong... ADV: ADV adj

English Explanatory Dictionary

transparent trænsˈpɛərənt 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. øøtransparently adv. transparentness n. [ME f. OF f. med.L transparens f. L transparere shine through (as TRANS-, parere appear)]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms

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

English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms)

transparent trænsˈpɛərənt adj. 1 (crystal) clear, pellucid, diaphanous, see-through, limpid, crystalline, sheer, transpicuous: I want completely transparent glass in this window, instead of that frosted glass. 2 plain, apparent, obvious, evident, unambiguous, patent, manifest, unmistakable or unmistakeable, (crystal) clear, as plain as day, as plain as the nose on (one's) face, undisguised, recognizable, understandable, transpicuous: The origin of many English words is transparent because of their spelling. 3 candid, open, frank, plain-spoken, direct, unambiguous, unequivocal, straightforward, ingenuous, forthright, above-board, artless, guileless, simple, naìve, undissembling, Colloq on the level, upfront: His transparent honesty makes Clive unsuited to a career in diplomacy.

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

106 Moby Thesaurus words for "transparent": 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


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