transparency

transparency

English

Etymology

transparent +‎ -cy

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈpɛɹənsi/, /tɹænz-/, /-ˈpæɹənsi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈpæɹənsi/, /tɹænzˈpæɹənsi/

Noun

transparency (countable and uncountable, plural transparencies)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being transparent; transparence.
2. (uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
3. (countable, photography) A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it.
4. (countable) A transparent object.
5. (signal processing) Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.

Derived terms

• overhead transparency

Translations

quality of being transparent; transparence

Armenian: թափանցիկություն (hy) (tʿapʿancʿikutʿyun) Belarusian: празры́стасць f (prazrýstascʹ) Catalan: transparència (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 透明度 (zh) (tòumíngdù), 透明性 (zh) (tòumíngxìng) Czech: průhlednost f Finnish: läpinäkyvyys (fi) French: transparence (fr) f Galician: transparencia f German: Durchsichtigkeit (de) f, Transparenz (de) f Greek: διαφάνεια (el) f (diafáneia)

Hebrew: שְׁקִיפוּת‎ f (sh'kifút) Japanese: 透明性 (とうめいせい, tōmeisei) Norman: transpathenche f Portuguese: transparência (pt) f Romanian: transparență (ro) f Russian: прозра́чность (ru) f (prozráčnostʹ), транспаре́нтность (ru) f (transparéntnostʹ) Spanish: transparencia (es) f Tagalog: aninag Turkish: şeffaflık (tr) Ukrainian: прозо́рість f (prozóristʹ)

transparent object

Catalan: transparència (ca) f Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi), läpikuultava (fi) French: transparence (fr) f Japanese: 透明性 (とうめいせい, tōmeisei)

Norman: transpathenche f Portuguese: transparência (pt) f Spanish: transparencia (es) f