transparency
- Also trans·par·ence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- something transparent, especially a picture, design, or the like on glass or some translucent substance, made visible by light shining through from behind.
- Photography.
- the proportion of the light that is passed through the emulsion on an area of a photographic image.
- a photographic print on a clear base for viewing by transmitted light.
Origin of transparency
Examples from the Web for transparence
Historical Examples of transparence
And the poor lady is abashed at the transparence of her evasion.
Notes on Life and LettersJoseph Conrad
They have the transparence of soul and the lights of childhood.
Letters of a SoldierAnonymous
Lower down, the water had carried the slightest cloud of alkali, and this had dulled the keen edge of its transparence.
The VirginianOwen Wister
The water is still green as emerald, and has the same luminous quiver and transparence of verdancy which the gem possesses.
The Crest of the ContinentErnest Ingersoll
The long sails, passing for a moment over the sun, became lighted up with a singular glory and transparence.
Toilers of the SeaVictor Hugo
transparency
- Also called: transparence the state of being transparent
- Also called: slide a positive photograph on a transparent base, usually mounted in a frame or between glass plates. It can be viewed by means of a slide projector
Word Origin and History for transparence
transparency
1610s, "condition of being transparent," from Medieval Latin transparentia, from transparentem (see transparent). Meaning "that which is transparent" is from 1590s; of pictures, prints, etc., from 1785; in photography from 1866.