transparent medium

[7.5.3.15.4] A medium in which the transmission is mainly regular and which usually has a high regular transmittance in the spectral range of interest.*

Note: Objects may be seen distinctly through a medium that is transparent in the visible region, if the geometric form of the medium is suitable.

 

* International Lighting Vocabulary, CIE S 017/E:2011. Vienna, Austria: International Commission on Illumination; 2011.

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