Transparency

n. condition of being transparent; transparent graphical image which can be projected onto a screen

Transparency is the property of allowing the transmission of light through a material. It is the noun form of the word transparent (for example, glass is usually transparent.)Metaphorical meanings can amount to clear visibility, but also the opposite, invisibility (in particular of irrelevant details).Transparency may also refer to: In computing and mathematics:Transparency (computing), user and engineering design considerations, includingLocation transparency if the names used to identify network resources are independent of both the user's location and the resource locationNetwork transparency if there is no difference between the centralized database and the distributed databaseTransparency (data compression), the ideal result of lossy data compressionTransparency (graphic), for overlay and translucency in PNG, GIF, and TIFF filesTransparency (pseudo), or background translucency in the X or X11 Window SystemReferential transparency in programming designates a deterministic function
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Noun
1. permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
(synonym) transparence
(antonym) opacity
(hypernym) physical phenomenon
2. the quality of being clear and transparent
(synonym) transparence, transparentness
(hypernym) clearness, clarity, uncloudedness
(hyponym) pellucidness, pellucidity, limpidity
3. picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
(synonym) foil
(hypernym) picture, image, icon, ikon
(hyponym) slide, lantern slide

(n.)
The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.
  

(n.)
That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it.
  

1. The property of an entity that allows another entity to pass thorough it without altering either of the entities. 2. In telecommunications, the property that allows a transmission system or channel to accept, at its input, unmodified user information, and deliver corresponding user information at its output, unchanged in form or information content. Note: The user information may be changed internally within the transmission system, but it is restored to its original form prior to the output without the involvement of the user. (188 ) 3. The quality of a data communications system or device that uses a bit-oriented link protocol that does not depend on the bit sequence structure used by the data source. 4. An image fixed on a clear base by means of a photographic printing, chemical, or other process, especially adaptable for viewing by transmitted light. [JP1]