transparent

1. 1

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

   • The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.
2. 2

   See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.; Of a graphical image or animated GIF, having parts that allow the background to show through.

3. 3

   Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.

4. 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. 5

   Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.

6. 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.

syn. see-through · diaphanous · clear · crystalline · limpid · sheer · clear as crystal · glassy · hyaline · hyaloid · lucid · pellucid

ant. opaque · obscure · nontransparent · non-transparent · hazy · translucent

1. 1

   Something that is transparent.

   • The Dress Cap and Under-Sleeves are en suite. In both the puffings are separated by equal intervals, in which the transparents are uncovered.
   • 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.

1. 1

   A transgender or transsexual parent.nonstandard

   • 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.