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  2. Opacity - Wikipedia

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    The words "opacity" and "opaque" are often used as colloquial terms for objects or media with the properties described above. However, there is also a specific, quantitative definition of "opacity", used in astronomy, plasma physics, and other fields, given here.

  3. Transparency and translucency - Wikipedia

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    In other words, a translucent material is made up of components with different indices of refraction. A transparent material is made up of components with a uniform index of refraction. [1] Transparent materials appear clear, with the overall appearance of one color, or any combination leading up to a brilliant spectrum of every color.

  4. Transparency (linguistic) - Wikipedia

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    Newspeak is a language that is linguistically transparent in the descriptive sense, but not in the normative one. Comedian George Carlin has famously parodied the phenomenon in his stand-up comedy. The approach may sound like common sense, but it faces the difficulty of figuring out how to communicate complex and uncommon ideas in a popular way.

  5. Transparency (behavior) - Wikipedia

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    This is opposed to keeping this information hidden which is "non-transparent". A practical example of transparency is also when a cashier makes changes after a point of sale; they offer a transaction record of the items purchased (e.g., a receipt) as well as counting out the customer's change.

  6. A Guide to Active Non-Transparent (ANT) ETFs - AOL

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    A new cohort of ETFs called Active Non-Transparent ETFs, has been hitting headlines lately. ANT ETFs give active managers a chance to keep their investing methods under coverage to evade the front ...

  7. Research transparency - Wikipedia

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    The definitions and norms of research transparency significantly differ depending on the disciplines and fields of research. Due to the lack of consistent terminology, research transparency has frequently been defined negatively by addressing non-transparent usages (which are part of questionable research practices).

  8. Transparency (graphic) - Wikipedia

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    GIF animation of an Apollonian sphere packing with transparent background. Transparency in computer graphics is possible in a number of file formats.The term "transparency" is used in various ways by different people, but at its simplest there is "full transparency" i.e. something that is completely invisible.

  9. Millions hurt by credit repair firms to share $1.8 billion in ...

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    More than 4 million Americans gouged by credit repair companies including Lexington Law and CreditRepair.com will soon collectively receive $1.8 billion in refund checks, the Consumer Financial ...