Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as transparency.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the state of being transparent

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being clear and transparent
  • noun permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation

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Examples

  • Challenges to investment include political instability and security weaknesses in many parts of the continent as well as a lack of market transparence and logistical hurdles.

    Shaken Global Financial Markets Prompt Look at African Economies 2011

  • And we're commanding the government to take measures to secure the population, the candidates, the transparence of vote, and the transparence of the financing of the campaign.

    Experts Doubt DRC Ready for This Year's Election 2011

  • De toute façon les petites cuisines de l'époque donnaient sur la rue, sans hotte aspirante, et donc on pouvait difficilement cuisiner en secret -- on devinait le menu de chacun -- du coup la transparence voulait qu'on explique sa recette et les échanges allaient bon train:

    Lettres de ma Terrasse 2009

  • De toute façon les petites cuisines de l'époque donnaient sur la rue, sans hotte aspirante, et donc on pouvait difficilement cuisiner en secret -- on devinait le menu de chacun -- du coup la transparence voulait qu'on explique sa recette et les échanges allaient bon train:

    Tante Marie-Francoise 2009

  • Challenges to investment include political instability and security weaknesses in many parts of the continent as well as a lack of market transparence and logistical hurdles.

    Shaken Global Financial Markets Prompt Look at African Economies 2011

  • And while these moments of personal transparence seem personal, I don't think they really are.

    Joaquin the Koan 2010

  • This, I have to say, very neatly lines up with Barrack Obama's "I screwed up" courageous transparence.

    Joaquin the Koan 2010

  • And while these moments of personal transparence seem personal, I don't think they really are.

    Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Joaquin the Koan Ph.D. Pavel Somov 2010

  • And while these moments of personal transparence seem personal, I don't think they really are.

    Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Joaquin the Koan 2010

  • This, I have to say, very neatly lines up with Barrack Obama's "I screwed up" courageous transparence.

    Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Joaquin the Koan 2010

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