About The Word Opacity

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Opacity

Opacity Meaning & Definition
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

\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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