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09 transparency= 1 [countable] a sheet of plastic or a piece of photographic film through which light can be shone to show a picture on a large screen

2 [uncountable] the quality of glass, plastic etc that makes it possible for you to see through it → opacity

3 [uncountable] the quality of being easy to understand or know about → obscurity

10 calibrate= 1 to check or slightly change an instrument ortool,so that it does something correctly

2 to mark an instrument or tool so that you can use it for measuring

11 queue V.1 to form or join a line of people or vehicles waiting to do something or go somewhere SYN line up American English

queue for

Some of the people queuing for tickets had been there since dawn.

queue (up) to do something

We had to queue up for ages to get served.

2 if people are queuing up to do something, they all want to do it very much

queue up to do something

The school is one of the best, and parents are queuing up to send their children there.

queue up for something

Actresses are queuing up for the part.

NOUN [C]. 1 British English a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move SYN line American English

be/stand/wait in a queue

We stood in a queue for half an hour.

You’ll have to join the queue.

queue of

a queue of people waiting for the bus

queue for

the queue for the toilets

queueto do something

There was a long queue to get into the cinema.