Sekirov Dictionary

transparent

/tɹænsˈpæɹənt/

adjective 4
noun 2
forms 3

adjective4

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Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
- His reasons for the decision were transparent.
- I love playing poker with Steve, because he's so transparent.
Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
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Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
- In order to make that transparent to the user, browsers usually cache the usernames and passwords and retransmit them automatically each time they contact the server. — 2003

noun2

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Something that is transparent.
- The Dress Cap and Under-Sleeves are en suite. In both the puffings are separated by equal intervals, in which the transparents are uncovered. — 1858
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(nonstandard) A transgender or transsexual parent.
- He went to tranny day in the park. Transparents & their kids. Played baseball & cooked out; hot dogs & burgers & buns on the grill. — 1999

forms

transparents · more transparent · most transparent

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