Transparency \Trans*par"en*cy\, n.; pl. {Transparencies}. [Cf.
F. transparence.]
1. The quality or condition of being transparent;
transparence.
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2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted
on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the
like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which
shines through it. --Fairholt.
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