TRANSPA'RENCY, noun [See Transparent.] That state or property of a body by which it suffers rays of light to pass through it, so that objects can be distinctly seen through it; diaphaneity. This is a property of glass, water and air, which when clear, admit the free passage of light. transparency is opposed to opakeness.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.