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Opacity

Opacity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Opacity? [n] the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light [n] incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning [n] the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation Synonyms \| Synonyms for Opacity: opaqueness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Opacity: abstruseness \| adiaphanousness \| ambiguity \| amorphousness \| asininity \| blockishness \| boobishness \| boorishness \| bovinity \| cloddishness \| cloudiness \| crassness \| crudeness \| dark \| darkness \| denseness \| density \| dimness \| dim-wittedness \| doltishness \| dullardism \| dullness \| dull-wittedness \| dumbness \| duncery \| equivocation \| fog \| fogginess \| fuzziness \| grossness \| hebetude \| impenetrability \| impermeability \| imperviousness to light \| indefiniteness \| indeterminateness \| indistinctness \| intransparency \| lethargy \| loutishness \| lumpishness \| mist \| mistiness \| mumbo jumbo \| murk \| murkiness \| mystification \| ninnyism \| oafdom \| oafishness \| obfuscation \| obscurantism \| obscuration \| obscurity \| obtuseness \| opaque \| opaqueness \| perplexity \| reconditeness \| roil \| roiledness \| shapelessness \| simpletonianism \| slowness \| sluggishness \| sottishness \| stolidity \| stupidity \| thick-headedness \| thickness \| thick-wittedness \| turbidity \| turbidness \| unclarity \| unclearness \| unintelligibility \| unplainness \| unteachability \| vagueness \| wrongheadedness \| yokelism See Also \| blurriness \| cloudiness \| fogginess \| fuzziness \| incomprehensibility \| indistinctness \| muddiness \| murkiness \| optical opacity \| physical phenomenon \| quality \| radio-opacity \| radiopacity Opacity In Webster's Dictionary \Opac"ity\, n. [L. opacitas: cf.F. opacit['e].] 1. The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness. 2. Obscurity; want of clearness. --Bp. Hall.

Opacity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Opacity?

[n] the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
[n] incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
[n] the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Opacity: opaqueness

Opacity In Webster's Dictionary

\O*pac"i*ty\, n. [L. opacitas: cf.F. opacit['e].]
1. The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which
   renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of
   transparency; opaqueness.

2. Obscurity; want of clearness. --Bp. Hall.

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