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)

(uncountable) The quality of being transparent; transparence.
(uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
(countable, photography) A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it.
(countable) A transparent object.
(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

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