transparency

trans·par·en·cy

noun \tran(t)s-ˈper-ən(t)-sē\

plural trans·par·en·cies

Definition of TRANSPARENCY

1

: something transparent; especially : a picture (as on film) viewed by light shining through it or by projection

2

: the quality or state of being transparent

Examples of TRANSPARENCY

1. the transparency of a piece of glass
2. the transparency of their motives
3. He says that there needs to be more transparency in the way the government operates.
4. The professor used transparencies and an overhead projector during her lectures.

First Known Use of TRANSPARENCY

1591

Related to TRANSPARENCY

Synonyms: clearness, limpidity, limpidness, lucency, translucence, translucency, clarity

Antonyms: cloudiness, opacity, opaqueness, turbidity, turbidness

Related Words: brightness, brilliance, effulgence, luminosity, luminousness; definition, resolution, sharpness; apparentness, observability, visibility

Near Antonyms: fogginess, haziness, milkiness, mistiness, murkiness

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