Transparent definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSPA'RENT, a. [L. trans ... be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as transparent glass; a transparent diamond; opposed to opake. 2. Admitting the passage of light; open porous; as a transparent vail. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: transmitting light ... bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent] 2: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat ...
Semi-transparent definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SEMI-TRANSPA'RENT, a. [semi and transparent.] Half or imperfectly transparent. Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. partially or imperfectly transparent. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Translucent, imperfectly transparent.
transparent substance definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent material [syn: transparent substance, translucent substance]
transparent quartz definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... used in making electronic and optical equipment [syn: rock crystal, transparent quartz]
Transparent slate definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Slate Slate, n. [OE ... calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure. Transparent slate, a plate of translucent material, as ground glass, upon ...
... crystal, or mountain crystal, a general name for all the transparent crystals of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz. Iceland ... refraction. CRYSTAL, a. Consisting of crystal, or like crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid. By crystal streams that murmur thorough the meads ... more at crust Date: 13th century 1. quartz that is transparent or nearly so and that is either colorless or only ... objects or ware of such glass 5. the glass or transparent plastic cover over a watch or clock dial 6. a ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & adj. --n. 1 a a clear transparent mineral, esp. rock crystal. b a piece of this. 2 (in full crystal glass) a highly transparent glass; flint glass. b articles made of this. 3 ...
... growing, as L. viridis, from vireo.] 1. A hard, brittle, transparent, factitious substance, formed by fusing sand with fixed alkalies. In ... brought by fusion to the state of a hard, brittle, transparent mass, whose fracture is conchoidal. 2. A glass vessel of ... used.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure 2: a container for holding ... by cooling to rigidity without crystallization: as a. a usually transparent or translucent material consisting typically of a mixture of silicates ... adj. --n. 1 a (often attrib.) a hard, brittle, usu. transparent, translucent, or shiny substance, made by fusing sand with soda ... Glaze, v. t.] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and ...
... a. free from blemishes < clear skin > b. easily seen through ; transparent < clear glass > c. free from abnormal sounds on auscultation 3 ... boundary > g. bare, denuded < clear ground > • clearness noun Synonyms: clear, transparent, translucent, limpid mean capable of being seen through. clear implies absence of cloudiness, haziness, or muddiness < clear water >. transparent implies being so clear that objects can be seen distinctly < a transparent sheet of film >. translucent implies the passage of light but ... weather, the sky, etc.) not dull or cloudy. 3 a transparent. b lustrous, shining; free from obscurity. 4 (of soup) not ... claim. Cf. Chanticleer, Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarufy.] 1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. The stream is so transparent, ...
... but not so as to render objects distinctly visible. 1. Transparent; clear. Replenish'd from the cool translucent springs. WordNet (r ... Date: 1607 1. permitting the passage of light: a. clear, transparent < translucent water > b. transmitting and diffusing light so that objects ... Dictionary adj. 1 allowing light to pass through diffusely; semi-transparent. 2 transparent. Derivatives: translucence n. translucency n. translucently adv. Etymology: L translucere ... of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent. 2. Transparent; clear. [Poetic] ``Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent, pure.'' --Milton. ...
Transparency definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRANSPA'RENCY, n. [See Transparent.] That state or property of a body by which it ... transparence] [ant: opacity] 2: the quality of being clear and transparent [syn: transparency, transparence, transparentness] 3: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector [syn: foil, transparency] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -cies) Date: 1591 1. something transparent; especially a picture (as on film) viewed by light shining ... or by projection 2. the quality or state of being transparent Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -ies) 1 the condition of being transparent. 2 Photog. a positive transparent photograph on glass or ...
... the Greek term anthrax was used to signify various hard, transparent, red stones that are now known to differ much from ... were recognized by Pliny as precious; all of them were transparent, and of purple tint or of tints derived from purple ... the name amethuson by Theophrastus; he describes it as a transparent stone resembling wine in color and as used by the ... not mentioned by Theophrastus. The chrysolithus of Pliny was a "transparent stone with a refulgence like that of gold." Those were ... 12). Pliny describes iaspis as being generally green and often transparent; he recognizes as many as 14 varieties. He adds that ... term "jasper" is now restricted to opaque stones; the green transparent kind of iaspis may have been identical with the ...
... s 1828 Dictionary TRANSPA'RENTNESS, n. The quality of being transparent; transparency. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the quality of being clear and transparent [syn: transparency, transparence, transparentness] Merriam Webster's noun see transparent Webster's 1913 Dictionary Transparent Trans*par"ent, a. [F., from LL. transparens, -entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to appear. See Appear.] 1 ... be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque. ``Transparent elemental ...
... Having power to transmit rays of light, as glass; pellucid; transparent; clear. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: so thin ... gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin ... Dictionary adj. (of fabric etc.) light and delicate, and almost transparent. Derivatives: diaphanously adv. Etymology: med.L diaphanus f. Gk diaphanes ... Diaphanic.] Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. Another cloud in the region of them, light ... s Cobuild Dictionary Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent. (LITERARY) ...a diaphanous dress of pale gold. ADJ: usu ...