English Online Dictionary. What means transparency? What does transparency mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārentia.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpɛɹənsi/, /tɹænz-/, /-ˈpæɹənsi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈpæɹənsi/, /tɹænzˈpæɹənsi/
- Hyphenation: trans‧par‧en‧cy
Noun
transparency (countable and uncountable, plural transparencies)
- (uncountable) The quality of being transparent.
- Synonyms: (uncommon) transparence, (uncommon) transparentness
- (uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.
- (countable, art) A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it.
- (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.