transparency
Etymology
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin trānspārentia.
Pronunciation Nountransparency
- (uncountable) The quality of being transparent.
- Synonyms: transparence, transparentness
- (uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
- (countable, art) A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC ↗, page 59 ↗:
- It soon came: as they were on their way to a transparency of their majesties, not a little larger than life—with Bellona, in a very handsome helmet, on one side, and Peace, with a cornucopia and a full blown wreath of roses, on the other—the path was interrupted by a little knot of gentlemen.
- (countable, photography) A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it.
- (countable) Something transparent.
- (signal processing) Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- French: transparence
- German: Durchsichtigkeit, Transparenz
- Italian: trasparenza
- Portuguese: transparência
- Russian: прозра́чность
- Spanish: transparencia
- French: transparence
- Portuguese: transparência, acetato
- Spanish: transparencia
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