Transparency

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A tranparent glass with transparent water in it
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A tranparent glass with transparent water in it

In optics, transparency is the property of allowing light to pass through something.

You can see through transparent objects. The image you can see through a transparent object is similar to the image you can see without it. It may be changed if the transparent object behaves like a lens. This could change the size of the image or change its shape.

If you can see light through an object but some of the detail of the image is lost it is named a translucent material. The opposite of tranparency is opacity.

[edit] Translucency

Examples of translucent materials are frosted glass, paper, and some types of amber.

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