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)
• 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)

transparent object

• 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