transparencen.
/trɑːnsˈparəns//transˈparəns//trɑːnsˈpɛːrəns//transˈpɛːrəns/ rare. † b. transferred. = transparency n. 2. Obsolete.
a. = transparency n. 1.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun]
diaphanity1477
perspicuitya1500
sheerness1587
transparence1594
translucency1598
tralucency1599
transparency1615
clarity1616
pellucidity1642
diaphaneity1660
pellucidness1684
clearness1692
translucidity1694
translucidness1727
transparentness1727
translucence1755
see-through1954
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vi. 84 That which cannot be read, with oyle is made legible, by yeelding thereto a brightnesse and transparence.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Trasparenza, a transparence or through-light.
?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. H4 Cleere Amber..Through whose transparence you might easly see, The beds of Pearle whereon the gum did sleep.
1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. x. 270 Motive may be detected through the transparence of tendency.
1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxiv. 10 Adamantine solidity, transparence, and brilliancy.
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the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun] > object or medium
transparency1591
transparence1635
diaphanal1653
pellucid1669
diaphane1844
hyaloid1844
1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ix. 575 The casements standing wide Clearely through that transparance is espy'de This Glutton.
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II iv. 343 O'er her light limbs the dim transparence plays, And the fair form it seems to hide, betrays.
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