transparency

transparency
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
That which permits vision through
Nouns
1. transparency, translucency, transpicuity, diaphaneity, lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity, clearness, sheerness, thinness. See invisibility.
2. glass, crystal, Lucite, cellophane, [window]pane, prism, water, lymph, gauze, veil. Informal, goldfish bowl. See building.
Verbs — show through; be transparent, diaphanous, etc.
Adjectives — transparent, translucent, transpicuous, diaphanous, lucid, pellucid, lucent, limpid; glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreous, crystal[line], clear as crystal, crystal-clear; gauzy, flimsy, see-through, thin, sheer, gossamer; serene, unclouded.
Antonyms, see obscurity
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. transparence, clearness, glassiness; see clarity .

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