rare. [f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being transparent; = TRANSPARENCY 1.

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1727.  in Bailey, vol. II.

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1762.  trans. Busching’s Syst. Geog., VI. 619. The water … besides its perfect transparentness is of a most grateful taste.

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1880.  Christy Carew, I. iii. 136. A dull night sky, starless, but with a clear transparentness.

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