transparent

adjective more transparent · most transparent

1. See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly. "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."
2. Of a graphical image or animated GIF, having parts that allow the background to show through.
3. Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
4. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand. His reasons for the decision were transparent.
5. Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
6. 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.

Similar: see-through, diaphanous, clear, crystalline, limpid, sheer, clear as crystal, glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, lucid, pellucid

noun transparents

1. 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.

noun transparents

1. 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.