- 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
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
trans•par•en•cy /trænsˈpɛrənsaɪ, -ˈpær-/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -cies. something transparent:[countable]The art teacher projected some transparencies on the wall.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable] the state of being transparent.
trans•par•en•cy
(trans pâr′ən sē, -par′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies.
- Also, trans•par′ence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- something transparent, esp. a picture, design, or the like on glass or some translucent substance, made visible by light shining through from behind.
- [Photog.]
- 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.
- Medieval Latin trānspārentia. See transparent, -ency
- 1585–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
transparency /trænsˈpærənsɪ; -ˈpɛər-/ n ( pl -cies)
'transparency' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
diapositive
- fog
- glassy
- monochrome
- overhead projector
- slide
- three-dimensional
- acrylic resin
- alizarin crimson
- art glass
- aureolin
- chrome
- colorslide
- color transparency
- coupler
- density
- diaphaneity
- diaphanometer
- ground
- internegative
- Kodachrome
- lantern slide
- lithophane
- perspicuity
- positive
- viewer
- vitreous
- water
- see-through