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Transparency
Table 2, Table 2.2
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Properties
Subdomain (2nd level):  Optical properties
Grammatical category:  Simple term
Grammar notes:  Uncountable
Definition:  Property of a material which transmits light rays so that objects can be seen more or less distinctly through a sample specimen.
Definition source:  EN 9
Context:  Opacity, more popularly called opaqueness, is the opposite of transparency. (Translucence is partial transparency). Opacity is important for writing and printing papers generally, and particularly for thin printing papers, so as to avoid show through.
Context source:  EN 10
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Gloss, Whiteness, Colour, Opacity
Hyperonyms:  Optical properties
Related terms:  Elrepho Spectrophotometer
It:  Trasparenza
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Transparence
Degree of reliability FR:  3