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What does transparent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word transparent? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
  2. (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
  3. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
  4. (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
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Peters says emission trading deals have to be above-board and transparent, especially when it comes to price.
Her variegated surfaces may be opaque or layered as transparent washes, glazed or scraped, scumbled, wiped down or sanded.
Painted in gouache, watercolor and acrylic, its surface varies from matte to shiny and its colors from transparent to opaque.
The euro notes carry a watermark and security thread, plus a circular symbol, half of which is transparent.
By chance I found a cloud of fish-fry, thousands of transparent proto-fish all facing in the same direction, jiggling on the flow of the current.
Of course, to prevent abuse and corrupt practices, lobbying activities should be carefully regulated, monitored and made transparent.

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