Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRANS-PAR-EN-CY
TRANS-PAR-EN-CY, n. [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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