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Meaning of transparent

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  transparent
      adj 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" [syn: {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" [syn: {diaphanous}, {filmy},
         {gauzy}, {gauze-like}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {sheer},
         {transparent}, {vaporous}, {vapourous}, {cobwebby}]
      3: free of deceit [syn: {guileless}, {transparent}]
      4: easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of
         subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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