transparent

  • 41transparent — adjective 1) transparent blue water Syn: clear, crystal clear, see through, translucent, pellucid, limpid, glassy, vitreous Ant: opaque, cloudy 2) fine transparent fabrics Syn …

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  • 42transparent — adjective 1) transparent blue water Syn: clear, translucent, limpid 2) fine transparent fabrics Syn: see through, sheer, filmy, gauzy, diaphanous 3) a transparent attempt to buy votes …

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  • 43TRANSPARENT — ENTE. adj. Diaphane, au travers de quoi l on peut voir les objets. Le verre est transparent. Les corps transparents. L eau est transparente. Un voile transparent. Elle a la peau fine et transparente. Fig., Cette allégorie est transparente, On… …

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  • 44transparent — adjective /trænsˈpærənt,trænzˈpærənt/ a) 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 wastes… …

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  • 45transparent — a) durchsichtig, gläsern, glasklar, kristallklar, limpid, ungetrübt; (veraltet): luzid; (Fachspr., bildungsspr.): transluzent, transluzid; (Kunstwiss.): diaphan. b) begreiflich, durchschaubar, durchsichtig, einleuchtend, einsichtig, erfassbar,… …

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  • 46transparent — [trænsˈpærənt] adj 1) clear or thin enough for you to see things through a transparent fabric/substance[/ex] 2) not trying to keep anything secret a transparent system/process[/ex] …

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  • 47transparent — trans•par•ent [[t]trænsˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær [/t]] adj. 1) opt having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen 2) opt admitting the passage of light through… …

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  • 48transparent — /trænsˈpɛərənt / (say trans pairruhnt), / ˈpær / (say par ) adjective 1. having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen (opposed to opaque, and usually… …

  • 49transparent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin transparent , transparens, present participle of transparēre to show through, from Latin trans + parēre to show oneself Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) having the property of transmitting… …

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  • 50transparent — See referentially opaque/transparent …

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