Trans*par"en*cy (?), n.; pl. Transparencies (#). [Cf. F. transparence.]
1.
The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.
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.
© Webster 1913.