Transparency, transparence or transparent most often refer to:
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Transparency (optics)
In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable scattering of light. On a macroscopic scale (one in which the dimensions a ...
, the physical property of allowing the transmission of light through a material
They may also refer to:
Literal uses
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Transparency (photography)
In photography, reversal film or slide film is a type of photographic film that produces a positive image on a transparent base. Instead of negatives and prints, reversal film is processed to produce transparencies or diapositives (abbreviated ...
, a still, positive image created on a transparent base using photochemical means
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Transparency (projection)
A transparency, also known variously as a viewfoil, foil, or viewgraph, is a thin sheet of transparent flexible material, typically polyester (historically cellulose acetate), onto which figures can be drawn. These are then placed on an overhead ...
, a thin sheet of transparent material for use with an overhead projector
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Electromagnetically induced transparency
Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is a coherent optical nonlinearity which renders a medium transparent within a narrow spectral range around an absorption line. Extreme dispersion is also created within this transparency "window" wh ...
, an effect in which a medium that is normally opaque is caused to become temporarily transparent
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Pentimento
A pentimento (plural pentimenti), in painting, is "the presence or emergence of earlier images, forms, or strokes that have been changed and painted over". The word is , from the verb , meaning 'to repent'.
Significance
Pentimenti may show that ...
, an alteration in a painting, often revealed with growing transparency in paints with age
Animals and plants
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Transparent goby
''Aphia minuta'', the transparent goby, is a species of the goby native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it can be found from Trondheim, Norway to Morocco. It is also found in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Sea o ...
, a fish species of the family Gobiidae
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White Transparent, a cultivar of apple which is usually used for cooking due to its sharp taste
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Groups and labels
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Transparency (record label)
Transparency is a North American music label mainly active in experimental, minimalist music, in classical and avant-garde music.
History
Transparency is an independent North American record label founded by Michael Sheppard, promoter of experim ...
, a North American music publisher
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Transparent (band)
Transparent is a rock band from upstate New York (state), New York consisting of Matthew Sassano, Bradley Meise, and Quintin Olix . Transparent's song, "Bridges" is the main menu song on ''NASCAR The Game: Inside Line'' that was released on Nov ...
, a rock band from upstate New York
Albums
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''Transparency'' (album), a 1985 album by the Herb Robertson Quintet
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''Transparent'' (Coil album), 1984
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''Transparent'' (LaRue album), 2001
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''Transparente'' (album), 2005 album by Mariza
* ''Transparence'', 2007 album by
Markize
Markize is a French-Russian rock band founded in 2003 by the singer-songwriter Alina Dunaevskaya and drummer David Verbecq.
History
In September 2010, Tarja Turunen chose Markize to play with her on ''the most beautiful scenes of Europe''. ...
Songs
* "Transparency", a song by PartyNextDoor from the 2016 album ''
PartyNextDoor 3
''PartyNextDoor 3'' (stylized in all caps and also as ''P3'') is the second studio album by Canadian recording artist PartyNextDoor. It was released on August 12, 2016, by OVO Sound and Warner Records. The album was supported by two singles: " Come ...
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* "Transparent", a song by Suzi Quatro from her album ''
Main Attraction''
* "Transparent", a song by In Flames from the album ''
Reroute to Remain
''Reroute to Remain'' (subtitled: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Insanity'', and on reissue: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Madness'') is the sixth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in September 2002.
The album saw a ma ...
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Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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''Transparent'' (book), a book by Cris Beam
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''Transparent'' (film), a 2005 documentary film
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''Transparent'' (TV series), an American television series
Computing and mathematics
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Transparency (data compression)
In data compression and psychoacoustics, transparency is the result of lossy data compression accurate enough that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input, i.e. perceptually lossless.
A transparency t ...
, the ideal result of lossy data compression
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Transparency (human–computer interaction)
Any change in a computing system, such as a new feature or new component, is transparent if the system after change adheres to previous external interface as much as possible while changing its internal behaviour. The purpose is to shield from ...
, a change to a computer system that adheres to previous external interface as much as possible
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Transparency (telecommunication) In telecommunications, ''transparency'' can refer to:
#The property of an entity that allows another entity to pass through it without altering either of the entities.
#The property that allows a transmission system or channel to accept, at its in ...
, the property by which a transmission system passes a signal through without changing its form or content
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Network transparency
Network transparency, in its most general sense, refers to the ability of a protocol to transmit data over the network in a manner which is not observable (“transparent” as in invisible) to those using the applications that are using the proto ...
, the ability of a protocol to transmit data over the network invisibly to those using the applications that are using the protocol
* Transparency, the property of a
latch
A latch or catch (called sneck in Northern England and Scotland) is a type of mechanical fastener that joins two (or more) objects or surfaces while allowing for their regular separation. A latch typically engages another piece of hardware on t ...
to show input changes immediately on output
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Alpha compositing
In computer graphics, alpha compositing or alpha blending is the process of combining one image with a background to create the appearance of partial or full transparency. It is often useful to render picture elements (pixels) in separate pas ...
, the process of combining an image with a background
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Image mask
In computer science, a mask or bitmask is data that is used for bitwise operations, particularly in a bit field. Using a mask, multiple bits in a byte, nibble, word, etc. can be set either on or off, or inverted from on to off (or vice versa) i ...
s in computer graphics
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Transparency (graphic)
Transparency in computer graphics is possible in a number of file formats. The term " transparency" is used in various ways by different people, but at its simplest there is "full transparency" i.e. something that is completely invisible. Only p ...
in image formats, for overlay and translucency
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Transparency (pseudo), or background translucency in the X or X11 Window System
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Location transparency In computer networks, location transparency is the use of names to identify network resources, rather than their actual location. For example, files are accessed by a unique file name, but the actual data is stored in physical sectors scattered arou ...
, making the names used to identify network resources independent of both the user's location and the resource location
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Order-independent transparency Order-independent transparency (OIT) is a class of techniques in rasterisational computer graphics for rendering transparency in a 3D scene, which do not require rendering geometry in sorted order for alpha compositing.
Description
Commonly, 3D g ...
in 3D computer graphics
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Referential transparency
In computer science, referential transparency and referential opacity are properties of parts of computer programs. An expression is called ''referentially transparent'' if it can be replaced with its corresponding value (and vice-versa) withou ...
, designating a deterministic function
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Security through transparency, a security engineering methodology
Humanities and business
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Transparency (behavior)
As an ethic that spans science, engineering, business, and the humanities, transparency is operating in such a way that it is easy for others to see what actions are performed. Transparency implies openness, communication, and accountability.
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, a metaphor implying visibility in contexts related to the behavior of individuals or groups
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open government
Open government is the governing doctrine which sustain that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government to allow for effective public oversight. In its broadest construction, it opposes reason of state and ...
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Transparency (linguistic)
Linguistic transparency is a phrase which is used in multiple, overlapping subjects in the fields of linguistics and the philosophy of language. It has both normative and descriptive senses.
Normative
Normatively, the phrase may describe the effo ...
, rhetoric to suit the widest possible audience without losing relevant information
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Transparency (market)
In economics, a market is transparent if much is known by many about: What products and services or capital assets are available, market depth (quantity available), what price, and where. Transparency is important since it is one of the theoretica ...
, in economics one of the theoretical conditions required for a free market to be efficient
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Transparency (philosophy)
In epistemology, transparency is a property of epistemic states defined as follows: An epistemic state E is "weakly transparent" to a subject S if and only if when S is in state E, S can know that S is in state E; an epistemic state E is "strongl ...
, a metaphor applied to a state in which the subject can be aware of being in that state
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Transparency (science)
Open research is research that is openly accessible and modifiable by others. The central theme of open research is to make clear accounts of research methods freely available via the internet, along with any data or results extracted or derived ...
, research conducted in the spirit of free and open source software
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Transparency (trade), a principle stipulating that a country's regulations affecting foreign trade should be clearly communicated
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Compensation transparency
Wage transparency, salary compensation, and compensation transparency generally, involves disclosure of employee compensation amounts, either among other employees in an organization, to owners, to government regulators, or to the public.
Some jur ...
, disclosure of wages, salaries, and other renumeration
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Media transparency
Media transparency (or transparent media), also referred to as Media Opacity, is a concept that explores how and why information subsidies are being produced, distributed and handled by media professionals, including journalists, editors, public r ...
, in the communications industry determining how and why information is conveyed through various means
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Radical transparency
Radical transparency is a phrase used across fields of governance, politics, software design and business to describe actions and approaches that radically increase the openness of organizational process and data. Its usage was originally understoo ...
in management actions and approaches that radically increase openness
Organizations
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Transparency (Guatemala)
The Front for Democracy (''Frente por la Democracia'' or El Frente) was a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or mul ...
, a political party in Guatemala (''Transparencia'') secuetran racto hoy 24/07/2021 atodo los de autoridad guatemala y mexico y en calle y trabajo los cosen en orno de panaderia depredador hoy racto encener nave gigante mundial entodo el tierro y universo y ponerlos en alado deesapacio y a aentarlos alo policias y familiares con lectura de mente vista x ideo orden marcos angel carmona cazarez y pais entero
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Transparency International
Transparency International e.V. (TI) is a German registered association founded in 1993 by former employees of the World Bank. Based in Berlin, its nonprofit and non-governmental purpose is to take action to combat global corruption with civil ...
, an organization working for governance, corporate, banking and association transparency
Other uses
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Transparency (wine)
The glossary of wine terms lists the definitions of many general terms used within the wine industry. For terms specific to viticulture, winemaking, grape varieties, and wine tasting, see the topic specific list in the "''See also''" section below. ...
, ability of a wine to portray all unique aspects of its flavor
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Clarity (disambiguation)
Clarity may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* Clarity, a magic spell in the online game ''EverQuest''
* Clarity, a fictional drug from the film '' Minority Report''
Music Albums
* ''Clarity'' (Jimmy Eat World album)
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Visibility (disambiguation)
Visibility, in meteorology, is a measure of the distance at which an object or light can be seen.
Visibility may also refer to:
* A measure of turbidity in water quality control
* Interferometric visibility, which quantifies interference contrast ...
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