transparent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

   a transparent explanation

2. 2
   adj

   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."

3. 3
   adj

   Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.

   His reasons for the decision were transparent.

4. 4
   adj

   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.

5. 5
   noun

   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.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   adj

   transmitting light

8. 8
   adj

   free of deceit

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō. Displaced native Old English þurhsīene.