# transparent (visual)

a material that can be seen through

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: material.physical  ·  Arena: transparent

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [material](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-material.physical), [visual](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-visual.perceptual), [see](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-see.visual)

**Through:** material.physical allows visual.perceptual information to pass through and be detected by see.visual

**Novel properties:**
- unobstructed line of sight
- visibility through medium
- perceptual transparency

## Examples
- Window glass in the Empire State Building allows visibility from inside to outside during daylight. *(engineering)*
- The cornea of the human eye transmits light to the lens without scattering it significantly. *(biology)*
- Fused quartz cuvettes used in spectrophotometers transmit ultraviolet light for chemical analysis. *(physics)*

## Used by
- [clear](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-clear.transparent) (L9)
- [glass](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-glass.material) (L9)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-transparent.visual*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-transparent.visual.json*  
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