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  1. [visualization techniques] A technique that combines datasets with varying degrees of opaqueness to reveal, emphasize, and convey information in the data.

  2. [visualization techniques] In GIS, transparency and its opposite, opacity, are measures of how see-through a feature or layer appears. For example, increasing a layer's transparency allows you to see more of the layers underneath.

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