transparent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
computing
engineering
graphic-design
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō. Displaced native Old English þurhsīene.
Inflected forms:
form: more transparent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most transparent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: transparents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
pos: adj
examples: "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.
gloss: See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
pos: adj
gloss: Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
pos: adj
gloss: Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
pos: adj
examples: His reasons for the decision were transparent.
I love playing poker with Steve, because he's so transparent.
Ukraine's campaign in Kursk Oblast demonstrates that surprise is still possible on the partially transparent battlefield of Ukraine — where an adversary can observe force concentrations but not reliably discern an enemy's operational intent and capabilities.
gloss: Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
pos: adj
gloss: Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Something that is transparent.
pos: noun
examples: The Dress Cap and Under-Sleeves are en suite. In both the puffings are separated by equal intervals, in which the transparents are uncovered.
They can be obtained in various thicknesses and in many colors, including beautiful imitations of pearl, mother-of-pearl, veins and mottles, stratifications, roll stratifications, imitation corals, and all colors of translucents, transparents and opaques, grained ivory, shell (plain and corrugated mottle), onyx, wood effects, plaids, checks, stripes, metallic, bronze pearl plain, bronze pearl with fancy blocks, bronze pearl in veins and stripes, and what is called “essence pearl.”
The trick is to make the white core slightly smaller than the size ultimately required for the press, so that after the transparents are added, the bead won’t overflow the press cavity.
Synonyms: see-through
diaphanous
clear
crystalline
limpid
sheer
clear as crystal
glassy
hyaline
hyaloid
lucid
pellucid
perspicuous
serene
transparent
transpicuous
vitreous
Antonyms: opaque
obscure
nontransparent
non-transparent
hazy
translucent
Related words: transparency
transparently
transparentness
Derived words: intransparent
radiotransparent
referentially transparent
semitransparent
subtransparent
transparentise
transparentization
transparentize
transparently
transparent pie
transparisteel
untransparent
Yellow Transparent
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: tejdukshëm
lang: Arabic
word: شَفَّاف
roman: šaffāf
lang: Armenian
word: թափանցիկ
roman: tʻapʻancʻik
lang: Asturian
word: tresparente
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şəffaf
lang: Belarusian
word: празры́сты
roman: prazrýsty
lang: Central Bikol
word: silag
lang: Bulgarian
word: прозра́чен
roman: prozráčen
lang: Catalan
word: transparent
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 透明
roman: tòumíng
lang: Czech
word: průhledný
lang: Danish
word: transparent
lang: Danish
word: gennemsigtig
lang: Danish
word: klar
lang: Dutch
word: doorzichtig
lang: Dutch
word: transparant
lang: Esperanto
word: travidebla
lang: Finnish
word: läpinäkyvä
lang: French
word: transparent
lang: Galician
word: transparente
lang: Georgian
word: გამჭვირვალე
roman: gamč̣virvale
lang: German
word: durchsichtig
lang: German
word: transparent
lang: Greek
word: διαφανής
roman: diafanís
lang: Ancient Greek
word: διαφανής
roman: diaphanḗs
lang: Gujarati
word: પારદર્શક
roman: pārdarśak
lang: Hebrew
word: שָׁקוּף
roman: shakúf
lang: Hindi
word: पारदर्शक
roman: pārdarśak
lang: Hindi
word: पारदर्शी
roman: pārdarśī
lang: Hindi
word: स्वच्छ
roman: svacch
lang: Hindi
word: शुद्ध
roman: śuddh
lang: Hungarian
word: átlátszó
lang: Icelandic
word: gagnsær
lang: Icelandic
word: gegnsær
lang: Indonesian
word: tembus pandang
lang: Indonesian
word: bening
lang: Indonesian
word: transparan
lang: Ingrian
word: kirkas
lang: Irish
word: gléineach
lang: Irish
word: trédhearcach
lang: Italian
word: trasparente
lang: Japanese
word: 透明
roman: tōmei
lang: Kazakh
word: мөлдір
roman: möldır
lang: Korean
word: 투명하다
roman: tumyeonghada
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: zelal
lang: Latin
word: pellūcidus
lang: Latin
word: speculārius
lang: Latvian
word: caurspīdīgs
lang: Latvian
word: caurredzams
lang: Latvian
word: transparents
lang: Lithuanian
word: permatomas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: duerchsiichteg
lang: Macedonian
word: прозрачен
roman: prozračen
lang: Macedonian
word: проѕирен
roman: prodziren
lang: Malay
word: lutsinar
lang: Māori
word: puata
lang: Marathi
word: पारदर्शक
roman: pārdarśak
lang: Marathi
word: पारदर्शी
roman: pārdarśī
lang: Marathi
word: स्वच्छ
roman: svaccha
lang: Marathi
word: शुद्ध
roman: śuddha
lang: Norman
word: transpathent
lang: Norwegian
word: gjennomsiktig
lang: Norwegian
word: transparent
lang: Occitan
word: transparent
lang: Old English
word: þurhsīene
lang: Plautdietsch
word: derchsechtich
lang: Polish
word: przezroczysty
lang: Polish
word: przejrzysty
lang: Polish
word: ażurowy
lang: Polish
word: bezbarwny
lang: Portuguese
word: transparente
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪਾਰਦਰਸ਼ੀ
roman: pārdaraśī
lang: Punjabi
word: ਪਾਰਦਰਸ਼ਕ
roman: pārdaraśak
lang: Romanian
word: transparent
lang: Romanian
word: străveziu
lang: Russian
word: прозра́чный
roman: prozráčnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: trìd-shoilleir
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: so-lèirsinneach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: прозиран
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: proziran
lang: Slovak
word: priehľadný
lang: Slovene
word: prozoren
lang: Slovene
word: prosojen
lang: Spanish
word: transparente
lang: Swedish
word: transparent
lang: Swedish
word: genomskinlig
lang: Thai
word: ใส
roman: sǎi
lang: Thai
word: โปร่งใส
roman: bpròong-sǎi
lang: Turkish
word: şeffaf
lang: Turkish
word: saydam
lang: Turkish
word: transparan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: شفاف
roman: şeffaf
lang: Ukrainian
word: прозо́рий
roman: prozóryj
lang: Vietnamese
word: trong suốt
lang: Volapük
word: dulogamovik
lang: Welsh
word: tryloyw