Definition of transparent

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Transparent (a.) Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque..

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Hyalescence :: Hyalescence (n.) The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass..
Anthrax :: Anthrax (n.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.].
Pyrenoid :: Pyrenoid (n.) A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria.
Gastromancy :: Gastromancy (n.) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art..
Bright :: Bright (a.) Transmitting light; clear; transparent.
Interseptal :: Interseptal (a.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel..
Perforated :: Perforated (a.) Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes..
Tarlatan :: Tarlatan (n.) A kind of thin, transparent muslin, used for dresses..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions..
Diorama :: Diorama (n.) A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced..
Semipellucidity :: Semipellucidity (n.) The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.
Monstrance :: Monstrance (n.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view..
Crystallomancy :: Crystallomancy (n.) Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl..
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes..
Synovial :: Synovia (n.) A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid..
Aquamarine :: Aquamarine (n.) A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl..
Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
Translucent :: Translucent (a.) Transparent; clear.
Demantoid :: Demantoid (n.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name..
Optics :: Optics (n.) That branch of physical science which treats of the nature and properties of light, the laws of its modification by opaque and transparent bodies, and the phenomena of vision..
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