transparency
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4.6
- noun
- /trænsˈpɛrənsi/
- Specialized
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transparencia
- The transparency of the water made it easy to spot the fish swimming below.
- transparency provides
Examples
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And working across government, we decided the right agenda, not just for us but for the whole world, is an agenda of tax transparency and trade.
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The transparency of the glass allowed us to see the beautiful garden outside.
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Therefore, the role of businesses that receive a form of transparency of employee information from public service providers is important.
Academic text (2018) -
And the first thing we came up with is to have pre publication transparency in the peer review process.
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To the contrary, NIH should be applauded for its efforts toward transparency in making information on funding readily available.
Academic text (2011) -
The DRC political question deals with the issues of inclusiveness, accountability, transparency, and representativeness of civil society in national government.
Academic text (2002) -
Everlane, a brand knowingly built on transparency and ethics, fired employees after they communicated that they were unionizing.
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The artist used a special material that enhanced the transparency of her paintings.
Synonyms
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6.4
The percentage of light that passes through a material
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6.8
A quality that lets light through but hides clear shapes, like frosted glass
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6.9
Allowing light to pass so shapes on the other side are not clear
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8.2
The part of light that passes through a material like glass
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4.5
Thin, light fabric that is almost see-through
How clear something is so you can see through it
Quality that lets light pass through a material so you can see through it
A quality of being clear and letting light pass through
Clear water or glass that lets light pass so you can see through
The degree to which a material lets light pass through it
The quality of letting light pass so you can partly see through something
How much light passes through a material so you can see through it
How easy something is to see through, like clean water
Letting some light pass while hiding a clear view of things behind
How easily light or heat passes through a material
Antonyms
Compounds
Open honest communication that creates confidence between people or groups
How Transparent
Surface Forms
Morphology
transparency = transparent (transparent) = transparent + cy
The noun is a regular abstract noun formed from the adjective 'transparent' and denotes the property of allowing light to pass through.
Etymology
The word transparency comes from the parts trans- 'through' and parere 'to appear'. So it describes a material that lets light pass 'through' it, making things behind it visible.