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transparency
trans·par·en·cy [ transs párrənssee ] (plural trans·par·en·cies)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. state of being transparent: the quality or state of being transparent
2. see-through photograph or picture: a positive photographic image on a transparent material, especially film or a slide, that can be viewed when light is shone through it. Transparencies are generally viewed using a projector, a light table, or a handheld viewer.
[Late 16th century. < medieval Latin transparentia< transparent- (see transparent)]
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