Transparent quality of something or someone
In a broad sense, the word transparency is used to account for the transparent quality that presents a thing, a person, an object. "The waters looked really transparent"; "Juan is a very transparent person, you can tell immediately when he lies."
When the concept of transparency is applied to a person, an entity or organization, among others, it has an absolutely positive connotation, since saying of someone who stands out for their transparency is considered a hyper-positive value because their honesty and remoteness are proven. regarding the lie.
Use in politics to express the honesty that characterizes a management
This sense of the term has a great presence in the field of politics since it is used to qualify the presence or not of honesty in a government management. In other words, if a government is characterized by the absence of corruption or complaints of embezzlement, then it will speak in terms of political transparency.
Prevent acts of corruption
We must emphasize that it is a responsibility and obligation of any government to render accounts to its citizens for all the acts that they carry out and decisions that they implement in the exercise of their power, especially regarding the destination of public money, that which is collected from the paying taxes, for example, in order to avoid corruption.
As we know, corruption is a problem that has been growing in almost all the governments of the world. From leaders, through front-line officials and even low-level secretaries, they often appear involved in serious corruption cases and that in some cases even end up affecting the governance of the country in question.
The lack of control bodies that effectively exercise control, because they are co-opted by the current authority, is one of the most common reasons that contribute to the advancement of these practices.
Now, fortunately, citizens are increasingly involved in the issue and demand more transparency from their leaders, which is why there are efforts that want to be re-elected but citizens who do not see with good eyes the transparency they have had in their administration end up punishing them by withdrawing their vote in the elections. This is the main and great tool that the democratic system proposes to combat this scourge.
A material that allows light to pass easily through it
On the other hand, a material is said to exhibit transparency when it lets light pass through it very easily. Transparency is an optical property of matter that has different degrees and properties. On the contrary, we speak of a material translucent when it lets the light pass so that the shapes become unrecognizable and it is said that another is opaque when it does not allow light to pass appreciably through it.
Then, it will be confirmed that a certain material is transparent when it is transparent to visible light. In the case of technical applications, the transparency, or failing that, the opacity of a material will be studied, be it infrared radiation, ultraviolet light, x-rays, gamma rays or any other type of radiation.
According to the studies of the quantum mechanics The fact that a material is transparent or not will depend on the wavelength that it presents, that is, when in the scheme of its energy levels there is no difference in energy that corresponds to the wavelength, the material will be transparent.
Both glass and air comply with this maxim and in fact, that is why they are transparent.
Transparency is quantified as a percentage of light intensity and a chlorimeter is used to measure it.
Painting technique using soft brush strokes
On the other hand, At the behest of painting, transparency will be called the pictorial technique that uses very soft brushstrokes that allow a glimpse of what is covered by them.
Technique used in cinema to represent scenes corresponding to exteriors
Meanwhile, in the cinema, the word transparency has a specific meaning as well, it is about the technique that allows to represent outdoor scenes in a studio, through a still image that replaces the background.
And another of the uses is as synonym of slide. The director presented the annual planning through transparencies.
