-nt adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin transparent-, transparens, present participle of transparēre to show through, from Latin trans- + parēre to be visible, appear, show — more at appear
1.
a. : having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are entirely visible : pellucid
this plastic is more transparent than even high-quality plate glass — Harland Manchester
the transparent or hazy air — Mary Webb
— opposed to opaque and usually distinguished from translucent
b. : so loose or open in texture as to admit the passage of light : sheer , diaphanous
transparent velvet
a transparent yoke
c. : translucent
transparent soap
his transparent womanly hands — J.R.Green
2.
a. : free from pretense or deceit : open , frank , guileless
a man of such transparent sincerity that he is incapable of presenting a ghost-written speech — New York Times
the most important quality in a teacher … is genuine and transparent truthfulness — C.W.Eliot
the child's transparent countenance
b. : easily detected or seen through : obvious
embarked on an elaborate fraud transparent to the world — Otis Ferguson
his writings … are so flat, so transparent , so palpably taken from the nearest authorities — H.O.Taylor
the man's transparent fear of discovery — Luke Short
c. : readily understood : perspicuous , clear
a style of transparent clarity that needs no artifices to make it vivid — C.H.Dreier
that part of the chamber music which becomes transparent only after study or explication — Robert Evett
the art … so transparent in all of its effects that the need is seldom felt to analyze — Philip Rahv
3. : pervious to any specified form of radiation (as X rays or ultraviolet light)
Synonyms: see clear