having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
admitting the passage of light through interstices.
so sheer as to permit light to pass through; diaphanous.
easily seen through, recognized, or detected: transparent excuses.
manifest; obvious: a story with a transparent plot.
open; frank; candid: the man's transparent earnestness.
Computers. (of a process or software) operating in such a way as to not be perceived by users.
Obsolete. shining through, as light.
Origin of transparent
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin trānspārent- (stem of trānspārēns) “showing through” (present participle of trānspārēre), equivalent to Latin trāns-trans- + pārent- (stem of pārēns), present participle of pārēre “to appear”; see apparent
SYNONYMS FOR transparent
1 clear, pellucid, limpid, crystalline.
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ANTONYMS FOR transparent
1 opaque.
6 secretive.
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1. Transparent , translucent agree in describing material that light rays can pass through. That which is transparent allows objects to be seen clearly through it: Clear water is transparent. That which is translucent allows light to pass through, diffusing it, however, so that objects beyond are not distinctly seen: Ground glass is translucent.
This includes “fair management,” which focuses on how transparent the results and outcomes of algorithms are for workers.
Algorithms Workers Can’t See Are Increasingly Pulling the Management Strings|Tom Barratt|August 28, 2020|Singularity Hub
In the case of Foundry, he believes that access to a new generation of energy-efficient mining equipment, as well as its transparent business culture—crypto mining is a notoriously opaque industry—will help it succeed.
There’s (digital) gold in them thar hills: Crypto giant DCG is betting $100 million on mining Bitcoin in North America|Jeff|August 27, 2020|Fortune
I would challenge you to find any other company who is entering Phase 3 trials today who have been as transparent about their clinical activities as we have.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 27, 2020|Freakonomics
Now, machine-learning researchers and scholars are looking for ways to make AI more fair, accountable, and transparent—but also, recently, more participatory.
Participation-washing could be the next dangerous fad in machine learning|Amy Nordrum|August 25, 2020|MIT Technology Review
The group asked for public data disclosure from drug-company grantees, “transparent” accounting to show true vaccine cost and the right to step in and take over a vaccine project if the developer failed to deliver.
Oxford’s COVID vaccine deal with AstraZeneca raises concerns about access and pricing|lbelanger225|August 24, 2020|Fortune
And, thanks to a transparent hull, exploring the deep and spotting rare marine life is practically a cinch.
The Most Exciting New Hotels, Restaurants, and Submarines of 2014|Charlie Gilbert|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hopefully there will be a transparent accounting of what was introduced.
First Mike Brown, Then Eric Garner: Prosecutors Can’t Be Trusted to Try Cops|Sally Kohn|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, spending in our elections is far from transparent.
How to Fight Corruption With Game Theory|Mark McKinnon|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And charters have repeatedly resisted attempts to make them transparent.
Hunger Games Comes to New York State’s Public Schools|Zephyr Teachout|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Open and transparent transactional markets also make it easier for sex workers to share information and vet potential clients.
Sex Workers Don't Deserve to be Raped|Jillian Keenan|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And do you mean to tell me, Frank Amory, that you could be led into a snare by such a transparent piece of rascality as that?
Kitty's Conquest|Charles King
He looked down through the transparent nose of the copter at a town, now choked with trees that grew among the tumbled walls.
The Return|H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
It seems to consist of a very fine plaster and a transparent glue.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot
I never remember at home, even in the height of summer, to have seen any so transparent, for here it was a perfect web of light.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times|Alfred Biese
Soon out of the darkness began to appear streams of smoke or transparent threads.
Beasts, Men and Gods|Ferdinand Ossendowski
British Dictionary definitions for transparent
transparent
/ (trænsˈpærənt, -ˈpɛər-) /
adjective
permitting the uninterrupted passage of light; cleara window is transparent
easy to see through, understand, or recognize; obvious
(of a substance or object) permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiationa substance that is transparent to X-rays
candid, open, or frank
Derived forms of transparent
transparently, adverbtransparentness, noun
Word Origin for transparent
C15: from Medieval Latin transpārēre to show through, from Latin trans- + pārēre to appear