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/trænspˈɛrənsi/ Listen

noun

Transparency n. (pl. transparencies)

The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it.

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Etymology of 'Transparency'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Transparency" Quotes from Famous Books

... perfectly straight line upon his upper lip; he appeared to dread to lower his hands lest their veins should swell, and he pinched the tips of his ears from time to time to preserve their delicate pink transparency. Habitually he spoke little and slowly, bowed frequently, laughed without noise, showing his teeth, which were fine and of which, as the rest of his person, he appeared to take great care. He answered the appeal of his friend by an affirmative nod ...

— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... that bestowed on Gian Bellini's colouring for its intensity and transparency. 'Many of his draperies are like crystal of the clearest and deepest colour,' declares an authority; and another states' his best works have a clear jewel brightness, an internal gem-like fire such as warms ...

— The Old Masters and Their Pictures - For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art • Sarah Tytler

... Roentgen rays give us an example of the startling results which are produced when even a very few of these additional vibrations are brought within human ken, and the transparency to these rays of many substances hitherto considered opaque at once shows us one way at least in which we may explain such elementary clairvoyance as is involved in reading a letter inside a closed box, or describing those present in an adjoining apartment. To learn ...

— Clairvoyance • Charles Webster Leadbeater

... here be mentioned, that in the year 1814, when Buonaparte was captured and sent to Elba, the public, expression of joy burst forth in a general illumination; when Mr. Josiah Wade, wishing to display a large transparency, applied to his friend Mr. Coleridge, then residing with him, for a subject, as a guide to his ingenious painter, of which the following is a ...

— Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey • Joseph Cottle

... her deny it. She was so beautiful; if she should say "no" I should be in despair. A voice as sweet as the face answered me, with jus' a faint inflexion of surprise in it, and as she spoke a slight blush suffused her cheeks and showed the delicate transparency of her skin. "Yes, that is my name. Does monsieur know me, then?" In my turn I blushed, but with delight. No wonder Pepin had repined at separation from so lovely a mistress! "I went to your house to inquire for you the ...

— Dreams and Dream Stories • Anna (Bonus) Kingsford

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