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transparent

trans·pa·rent

UK/tɹænsˈpæɹənt/ US/tɹænz-/ fairly common

adjective

1.

transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

  • “the cold crystalline water of melted snow”
  • “crystal clear skies”
  • “could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”
  • “lucid air”
  • “a pellucid brook”
  • “transparent cristal”
2.

so thin as to transmit light

  • “a hat with a diaphanous veil”
  • “filmy wings of a moth”
  • “gauzy clouds of dandelion down”
  • “gossamer cobwebs”
  • “sheer silk stockings”
  • “transparent chiffon”
  • “vaporous silks”
3.

free of deceit

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4.

easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

  • “a transparent explanation”
  • “a transparent lie”
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Origin

From trans- (“transgender or transsexual”) + parent.

Phrases

  • referentially transparent
  • transparent pie
  • Yellow Transparent

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