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English
/tɹæn(t)sˈpæɹənt/, /tɹæn(t)sˈpɛɹənt/, /tɹæn(t)sˈpæɹənt/
adj
Definitions
- (of a material or object) see-See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
- (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
- Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
- (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- (computing) Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trānspārēntis, trānspārēns, trans (across, beyond, over, through).
Origin
Latin
trans
Gloss
across, beyond, over, through
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Transrhenane English
- Transylvania English
- intransparent English
- nontransparency English
- nontransparent English
- nontransparently English
- phototransparency English
- radiotransparent English
- semitransparency English
- semitransparent English
- subtransparent English
- tralineate English
- transduce English
- transfretation English
- transit English
- transparency English
- transparentise English
- transparentization English
- transparentize English
- transparently English
- transparentness English
- transude English
- transvestite English
- untransparent English
- untransparently English
- *ad trans Latin
- silvam Latin
- trans Latin
- transfundo Latin
- transgredior Latin
- transpirare Latin
- transpiratio Latin
- transpirationem, transpiratio Latin
- transpiro, transpirare Latin
- transpono Latin
- transscendo Latin
- transverto Latin
- trānspārēntem, trānspārēns Latin
- trānspārēntis, trānspārēns Latin
- vertere Latin
- Transvestitismus German
- traforare Italian
- trans French
- transparent French
- *dewk- Proto-Indo-European
- traverser Old French
- tregeter Old French
- tres- Old French
- tra Esperanto
- trans Esperanto
- transparent Catalan, Valencian
- Nistru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Transnistria Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *trānts Proto-Italic
- transit
- transude
- transduce
- tralineate
- transvestite
- transparency
- Transylvania
- Transrhenane
- untransparent
- transparently
- intransparent
- transparentise
- nontransparent
- transparentize
- transfretation
- subtransparent
- nontransparency
- untransparently
- semitransparent
- transparentness
- radiotransparent
- semitransparency
- nontransparently
- phototransparency
- transparentization