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transparent

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transparent in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
    "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"
    crystalline  crystal clear  limpid  lucid  pellucid  transparent 
  2. so thin as to transmit light
    "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
    diaphanous  filmy  gauzy  gauze-like  gossamer  see-through  sheer  transparent  vaporous  vapourous  cobwebby 
  3. free of deceit
    guileless  transparent 
  4. easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)
    "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"
    transparent 
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