What is the difference between acetate and transparent?
acetate | transparent |
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
cellulose acetate
A transparent sheet used for overlays.
A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.
(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
* 1897, , chapter 19,
(of a system or organization) Open]], public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby [[reduce, reducing the chance of corruption.
Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
As a noun acetate
is any salt or ester of acetic acid.As an adjective transparent is
see-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.acetate
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(wikipedia acetate)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (salt or ester of acetic acid) ethanoatetransparent
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(wikipedia transparent)Adjective
(en adjective)- The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped wastes there.
- "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."
- His reasons for the decision were transparent .