transparency
noun
[ tranˈsparənsi ]
• the condition of being transparent.
• "the transparency of ice"
Similar:
translucency,
lucidity,
pellucidity,
limpidness,
limpidity,
glassiness,
liquidity,
clearness,
clarity,
transpicuousness,
straightforwardness,
plainness,
obviousness,
explicitness,
unambiguity,
unambiguousness,
blatantness,
flagrancy,
patentness,
manifestness,
barefacedness,
shamelessness,
brazenness,
boldness,
unmistakableness,
visibility,
distinctness,
apparentness,
perceptibility,
discernibility,
palpability,
frankness,
openness,
candidness,
honesty,
directness,
forthrightness,
unreservedness,
plain-spokenness,
straightness,
ingenuousness,
innocence,
guilelessness,
simplicity,
• a positive transparent photograph printed on transparent plastic or glass, able to be viewed using a slide projector.
• "colour transparencies of the Grand Canyon"
Similar:
slide,
diapositive,
photograph,
photo,
picture,
snap,
image,
portrait,
print,
plate,
film,
exposure,
still,
Origin:
late 16th century (as a general term denoting a transparent object): from medieval Latin transparentia, from transparent- ‘shining through’ (see transparent).
