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trans·par·en·cy
(trăns-pâr′ən-sē, -păr′-)n. pl. trans·par·en·cies
1. also trans·par·ence (-pâr′əns, -păr′-) The quality or state of being transparent.
2. A transparent object, especially a photographic slide that is viewed by light shining through it from behind or by projection.
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transparency
(trænsˈpærənsɪ; -ˈpɛər-)n, pl -cies
1. Also called: transparence the state of being transparent
2. (Photography) Also called: slide a positive photograph on a transparent base, usually mounted in a frame or between glass plates. It can be viewed by means of a slide projector
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trans•par•en•cy
(trænsˈpɛər ən si, -ˈpær-)n., pl. -cies.
1. Also, trans•par′ence. the quality or state of being transparent.
2. something transparent, esp. a picture or design on glass or some translucent substance, made visible by light shining through from behind.
3. a photographic print on a clear base for viewing by transmitted light.
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transparency
An image fixed on a clear base by means of a photographic, printing, chemical or other process, especially adaptable for viewing by transmitted light. See also diapositive.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
transparency
(or slide) A photographic image on a transparent base.
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Noun | 1. | transparency - permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy opacity - the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation |
2. | transparency - the quality of being clear and transparent uncloudedness, clarity, clearness - the quality of clear water; "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes" | |
3. | transparency - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector ikon, picture, icon, image - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" lantern slide, slide - a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector |
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transparency
noun
1. photograph, slide, exposure, photo, picture, image, print, plate, still The first colour photo was a transparency of a tartan ribbon.
2. clarity, translucency, translucence, clearness, limpidity, transparence, diaphaneity, filminess, diaphanousness, gauziness, limpidness, pellucidity, pellucidness, sheerness It is a condition that affects the transparency of the lenses.
clarity opacity, murkiness, cloudiness, unclearness
clarity opacity, murkiness, cloudiness, unclearness
3. frankness, openness, candour, directness, forthrightness, straightforwardness openness and transparency in the government's decision-making
frankness ambiguity, vagueness
frankness ambiguity, vagueness
4. obviousness, explicitness, plainness, distinctness, unambiguousness, apparentness, patentness, perspicuousness the transparency of pricing with the euro
obviousness obscurity, vagueness, unclearness
obviousness obscurity, vagueness, unclearness
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Translations
شَريحَةٌ مُصَوَّرةٌ شَفّافَهشَفافِيَّه
průhlednostdiapozitiv
diapositivgennemsigtighedlysbillede
läpikuultavaläpinäkyväläpinäkyvyys
átlátszóságdiapozitívfólia
gagnsæiglæra
透明性透明物体
priehľadnosť
diadiapozitifsaydamlıkslayt
transparency
[trænsˈpærənsɪ] N1. [of object, material, substance] → transparencia f
2. [of statement] → claridad f
3. (Phot) (for overhead projector) → transparencia f; (= slide) → diapositiva f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
transparency
[trænsˈpærənsi] n (= transparent quality) → transparence f
(= openness, honesty) (especially in government) → transparence f
(British) (= photographic slide) → diapositive f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
transparency
n
→ Transparenz f, → Durchsichtigkeit f
(of lies, excuses etc) → Durchschaubarkeit f
(of system, institution) → Transparenz f
(for overhead projector) → Folie f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
transparent
(trӕnsˈpӕrənt) , (-ˈpeə-) adjective able to be seen through. The box has a transparent lid.
transˈparently adverbtransˈparency (-ˈpӕ-) – plural transˈparencies – noun
1. the state of being transparent. the transparency of the water.
2. a photograph printed on transparent material, a slide. I took some transparencies of the cathedral.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
transparency
n. transparencia; [slide] diapositiva.
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