Transparency

Transparency
Transparency Trans*par"en*cy, n.; pl. {Transparencies}. [Cf. F. transparence.] 1. The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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