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English Dictionary: Transparency by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transparency
n
  1. permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
    Synonym(s): transparency, transparence
    Antonym(s): opacity
  2. the quality of being clear and transparent
    Synonym(s): transparency, transparence, transparentness
  3. picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
    Synonym(s): foil, transparency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Transparency \Trans*par"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Transparencies}. [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. --Fairholt.
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