US /ˌdaɪəfəˈniəti/ UK /ˌdaɪəfəˈniːəti/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the quality of being transparent or allowing light to pass through

    The writer imagined consciousness reduced to a state of pure diaphaneity.

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1 noun · the quality of being... transparencytranslucenceclarity
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Etymology

From Latin diaphaneitas, based on Medieval Latin diaphanus ("transparent"), from Ancient Greek diaphanes ("showing through"), from dia- ("through") + phainein ("to show").

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