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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Semiopaque :: Semiopaque (a.) Half opaque; only half transparent.
Diaphanoscope :: Diaphanoscope (n.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens..
Semipellucid :: Semipellucid (a.) Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem..
Intine :: Intine (n.) A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen..
Gleet :: Gleet (n.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea..
Laky :: Laky (a.) Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens..
Glair :: Glair (a.) Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg..
Semipellucidity :: Semipellucidity (n.) The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.
Halones :: Halones (n. pl.) Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc..
Crystallomancy :: Crystallomancy (n.) Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl..
Print :: Print (n.) A photographic copy, or positive picture, on prepared paper, as from a negative, or from a drawing on transparent paper..
Ice :: Ice (n.) Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4ยก C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats..
Sarcolemma :: Sarcolemma (n.) The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.
Elemin :: Elemin (n.) A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin..
Cutose :: Cutose (n.) A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid..
Glare :: Glare (n.) A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair..
Petrolatum :: Petrolatum (n.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments..
Isinglass :: Isinglass (n.) A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish glue..
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