transparency Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
    transparence.
  2. noun the quality of being clear and transparent
    transparence; transparentness.
  3. noun picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
    foil.

WordNet

Trans*par"en*cy noun
Etymology
Cf. F. transparence.
Wordforms
plural Transparencies
Definitions
  1. The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.
  2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it. Fairholt.

Webster 1913