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Originally posted by walc:

Actually, no.
Don't you know how to use a dictionary?




trans·par·ent [ transs párr?nt ]


adjective

Definitions:

1. easily seen through: allowing light to pass through with little or no interruption or distortion so that objects on the other side can be clearly seen
transparent plastic


2. fine enough to see through: thin or fine enough in texture to see through
transparent fabric


3. obvious and easy to recognize: clearly recognizable as what he, she, or it really is
a transparent motive

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<TD>trans·par·ent <SPAN style="DISPLAY: none">(</SPAN><SPAN
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1. <LI>Capable of transmitting light so that objects or images can be seen as if
   there were no intervening material. See Synonyms at clear.
   <LI>Permeable to electromagnetic radiation of specified frequencies, as to
   visible light or radio waves.
   <LI>So fine in texture that it can be seen through; sheer. See Synonyms at airy.
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   1. <LI type=a>Easily seen through or detected; obvious: <CITE>transparent
      lies.</CITE>
      <LI type=a>Free from guile; candid or open: <CITE>transparent sincerity.</CITE>
      </LI>
   <LI><U>Obsolete.</U> Shining through; luminous. </LI>

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin<TT> trnsprns</TT><TT>, trnsprent- </TT>present participle of<TT> trnsprre</TT>, to show through : Latin<TT> trns-</TT>, trans- + Latin<TT> prre</TT>, to show.]
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Main Entry: trans·par·ent
Pronunciation:
<TT>-&nt</TT>
Function: adjective
1 : having the
property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies
lying beyond are seen clearly
2 : allowing the passage of a
specified form of radiation (as X rays or ultraviolet light) </P>

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transparent</P>


adj 1: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold
crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on
the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent
cristal" [syn: crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid] 2: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat
with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion
down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon";
"vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, vaporous, cobwebby] 3: free of deceit [syn: guileless] 4: easily understood or seen through
(because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent
lie"</P>

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1. <jargon> Not visible, hidden; said of a system
which
functions in a manner not evident to the user. For example,
the Domain Name System transparently
resolves a <A
href="/search?q=fully%3Cbr%3E%20qualified%20domain%20name ">fully
qualified
domain name</A> into an <A href="/search?q=internet%20address">Internet
address</A> without the
user being aware of it.

Compare this to what
<A
href="/search?q=donald%20norman%3Cbr%3E%20[http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atg.apple.com%2Fnorman%2F%29">Don ald
Norman
(http://www.atg.apple.com/Norman/)</A> calls "invisibility",
which
he illustrates from the user's point of view:

"You use computers when you
use many modern automobiles,
microwave ovens, games, CD players and
calculators. You don't
notice the computer because you think of yourself as
doing the
task, not as using the computer." ["The Design of
Everyday
Things", New York, Doubleday, 1989, p. 185].

2.
<theory> Fully defined, known, predictable; said of a
sub-system in
which matters generally subject to volition or
stochastic state change have
been chosen, measured, or
determined by the environment. Thus for transparent
systems,
output is a known function of the inputs, and users can
both
predict the behaviour and depend upon it.

(1996-06-04)
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