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TRANSPARENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
Synonyms:
foil; transparency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("transparency" is a kind of...):
icon; ikon; image; picture (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transparency"):
lantern slide; slide (a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector)
overhead; viewgraph (a transparency for use with an overhead projector)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being clear and transparent
Synonyms:
transparence; transparency; transparentness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("transparency" is a kind of...):
clarity; clearness; uncloudedness (the quality of clear water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transparency"):
limpidity; pellucidity; pellucidness (passing light without diffusion or distortion)
Derivation:
transparent (easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
Synonyms:
transparence; transparency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("transparency" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)
Antonym:
opacity (the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation)
Derivation:
transparent (transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity)
transparent (so thin as to transmit light)
