Transparency vs. Opacity

Transparencynoun

(uncountable) The quality of being transparent; transparence.

Transparencynoun

(uncountable) Openness; accessibility to scrutiny.

Transparencynoun

A translucent film-like material with an image imprinted on it, viewable by shining light through it.

Transparencynoun

(countable) A transparent object.

Transparencynoun

(signal processing) Sufficient accuracy to make the compressed result perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.

Transparencynoun

The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

Transparencynoun

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.

Transparencynoun

permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation

Transparencynoun

the quality of being clear and transparent

Transparencynoun

picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

Transparencynoun

the condition of being transparent

Transparencynoun

a positive transparent photograph printed on transparent plastic or glass, able to be viewed using a slide projector

Opacitynoun

(uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through

Opacitynoun

(uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.

Opacitynoun

A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.

Opacitynoun

The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.

Opacitynoun

Obscurity; want of clearness.

Opacitynoun

the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation

Opacitynoun

incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning

Opacitynoun

the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light