- transparency/opacity
- A setting available in many image-processing functions that allows part of the underlying image to show through.
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opacity — UK US /əʊˈpeɪsəti/ US /əʊˈpæsəti/ noun [U] ► the quality of being difficult to understand or know about, especially because things have been intentionally kept secret or made complicated : »He believes the opacity of traditional property… … Financial and business terms
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opacity — I noun asininity, blockishness, confusion, darkness, denseness, density, dimness, doltishness, dull wittedness, dullness, fatuity, hebetude, impenetrability, imperceptibility, inapprehensibility, incomprehensibility, indiscernibility,… … Law dictionary
transparency — The degree to which a market is characterised by prompt availability of accurate price and volume information which gives participants comfort that the market is fair. LIFFE * * * transparent trans‧par‧ent [trænˈspærənt, ˈspeər ǁ ˈspær , ˈsper ]… … Financial and business terms
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Transparency (optics) — In optics, transparency (also called pellucidity) is the material property of allowing light to pass through. In mineralogy, another term for this property is diaphaneity. The opposite property is opacity. Transparent materials are clear: they… … Wikipedia
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.NormativeNormatively, the phrase can be used to describe … Wikipedia
opacity — The quality of being opaque. In painting, the power of a pigment to cover or obscure the surface to which it is applied. When opacity is not complete, it can be described as translucence, or as opaque from 99% down to 1%. The equivalent of 0%… … Glossary of Art Terms
opacity — noun 1) analyzing the opacity of their drinking water Syn: cloudiness, nontransparency, opaqueness, filminess, blurriness, blurredness, blur, haziness, haze Ant: transparency, translucence, clarity 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
