transparency

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

trans·par·ency [transparency transparencies] BrE [trænsˈpærənsi] NAmE [trænsˈpærənsi] noun (pl. trans·par·encies)
1. (also informal tranny)countable a picture printed on a piece of film, usually in a frame, that can be shown on a screen by shining light through the film
Syn: ↑slide
•an overhead transparency (= used with an ↑overhead projector )
2. uncountable the quality of sth, such as glass, that allows you to see through it
3. uncountable the quality of sth, such as an excuse or a lie, that allows sb to see the truth easily
•They were shocked by the transparency of his lies.
4. uncountable the quality of sth, such as a situation or an argument, that makes it easy to understand
•a need for greater transparency in legal documents
•The police reforms will ensure greater transparency and accountability.
See also: ↑tranny

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a general term denoting a transparent object): from medieval Latin transparentia, from transparent- ‘shining through’, from Latin transparere, from trans- ‘through’ + parere ‘appear’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  foil, transparence, transparentness