transparent
adjective
- able to be seen through
- providing full information
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.
- 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.”
- See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
- Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
- 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.”
- Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- 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.
- 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.”