"transparency" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /tɹænsˈpɛɹənsi/ [General-American], /tɹænz-/ [General-American], /-ˈpæɹənsi/ [General-American], /tɹænsˈpæɹənsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɹænzˈpæɹənsi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transparency.wav [Southern-England] Forms: transparencies [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin trānspārentia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|trānspārentia}} Medieval Latin trānspārentia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transparency (countable and uncountable, plural transparencies)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being transparent; transparence. Tags: uncountable Translations (quality of being transparent; transparence): شَفَّافِيَّة (šaffāfiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), թափանցիկություն (tʿapʿancʿikutʿyun) (Armenian), празры́стасць (prazrýstascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), прозрачност (prozračnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), transparència [feminine] (Catalan), 透明度 (tòumíngdù) (Chinese Mandarin), 透明性 (tòumíngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), průhlednost [feminine] (Czech), gennemsigtighed [common-gender] (Danish), transparens [common-gender] (Danish), doorzichtigheid [feminine] (Dutch), transparantie [feminine] (Dutch), läpinäkyvyys (Finnish), avoimuus [figuratively] (Finnish), transparence [feminine] (French), transparencia [feminine] (Galician), Durchsichtigkeit [feminine] (German), Transparenz [feminine] (German), διαφάνεια (diafáneia) [feminine] (Greek), שְׁקִיפוּת (sh'kifút) [feminine] (Hebrew), átláthatóság (Hungarian), transparansi (Indonesian), trasparenza [feminine] (Italian), 透明性 (tōmeisei) (alt: とうめいせい) (Japanese), ketelusan (Malay), kelutsinaran (Malay), pūataata (Maori), transpathenche [feminine] (Norman), przezroczystość [feminine] (Polish), przejrzystość [feminine] (Polish), transparência [feminine] (Portuguese), transparență [feminine] (Romanian), прозра́чность (prozráčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), транспаре́нтность (transparéntnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), transparencia [feminine] (Spanish), transparens [common-gender] (Swedish), genomskinlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), aninag (Tagalog), şeffaflık (Turkish), прозо́рість (prozóristʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-transparency-en-noun-PEDU5EI9 Disambiguation of 'quality of being transparent; transparence': 73 3 7 2 12 3
  2. (uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-transparency-en-noun-KO7L51Ne
  3. (countable, art) A transparent artwork, viewable by shining light through it. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-transparency-en-noun-6D3uG6GE Topics: art, arts
  4. (countable, photography) A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-transparency-en-noun-F-kPsvVH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 14 4 35 5 15 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  5. (countable) Something transparent. Tags: countable Translations (transparent object): плака (plaka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), transparència [feminine] (Catalan), läpinäkyvä (Finnish), läpikuultava (Finnish), transparence [feminine] (French), 透明性 (tōmeisei) (alt: とうめいせい) (Japanese), transpathenche [feminine] (Norman), transparência [feminine] (Portuguese), acetato [masculine] (Portuguese), transparencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transparency-en-noun-PQG~xXrU Disambiguation of 'transparent object': 30 4 20 4 38 4
  6. (signal processing) Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Signal processing
    Sense id: en-transparency-en-noun-0MoWoQSX Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: referential transparency, overhead transparency

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52",
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          "ref": "1986 April 12, H. W. Seng, “The Chunks-of-Life Approach Yields Thin Fiction”, in Gay Community News, page 12",
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