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transparent

adjective

  1. able to be seen through
  2. providing full information
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈpæɹ.ənt/ / /tɹænz-/ / [tɹænz-]

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō. Displaced native Old English þurhsīene.

  1. See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.

    “"You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."”

    “The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.”

  2. See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
  3. Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
  4. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.

    “His reasons for the decision were transparent.”

    “I love playing poker with Steve, because he's so transparent.”

  5. Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
  6. Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.

    “In order to make that transparent to the user, browsers usually cache the usernames and passwords and retransmit them automatically each time they contact the server.”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English parent English transparent From trans- (“transgender or transsexual”) + parent.

  1. A transgender or transsexual parent.

    “He went to tranny day in the park. Transparents & their kids. Played baseball & cooked out; hot dogs & burgers & buns on the grill.”

    “Recently the genre has expanded to consider the lives of transpersons of color as well as the experiences of transparents.”