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TRANSPARENTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transparentness mean? 

TRANSPARENTNESS (noun)
  The noun TRANSPARENTNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being clear and transparentplay

  Familiarity information: TRANSPARENTNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRANSPARENTNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being clear and transparent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

transparence; transparency; transparentness

Hypernyms ("transparentness" is a kind of...):

clarity; clearness; uncloudedness (the quality of clear water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transparentness"):

limpidity; pellucidity; pellucidness (passing light without diffusion or distortion)

Derivation:

transparent (transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity)

transparent (so thin as to transmit light)


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