Opacity

  • 21Opacity (optics) — Opacity is the measure of impenetrability to electromagnetic or other kinds of radiation, especially visible light. In radiative transfer, it describes the absorption and scattering of radiation in a medium, such as a plasma, dielectric,… …

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  • 22Opacity family porins — Opacity family porin protein Structure of Neisserial surface protein A (NspA).[1] Identifiers Symbol …

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  • 23opacity zone — neskaidrumo sritis statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. opacity zone; opaque region vok. Undurchlässigkeitsgebiet, n rus. область непрозрачности, f; полоса непрозрачности, f pranc. région d opacité, f; zone d opacité, f …

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  • 24opacity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle French opacité shadiness, from Latin opacitat , opacitas, from opacus shaded, dark Date: 1560 1. a. obscurity of sense ; unintelligibleness b. the quality or state of being mentally obtuse ; dullness 2. the… …

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  • 25opacity — /oh pas i tee/, n., pl. opacities. 1. the state or quality of being opaque. 2. something opaque. 3. the degree to which a substance is opaque; capacity for being opaque. 4. Photog. the proportion of the light that is absorbed by the emulsion on… …

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  • 26opacity — 1. A lack of transparency; an opaque or nontransparent area. 2. On a radiograph, a more transparent area is interpreted as an o. to x rays in the body. 3. Mental dullness. [L. opacitas, shadiness] nodular o. a solitary, round, circumscribed… …

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  • 27Opacity — Непрозрачность; Светонепроницаемость; Высокая кроющая способность …

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  • 28opacity — Synonyms and related words: abstruseness, adiaphanousness, ambiguity, amorphousness, asininity, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, cloddishness, cloudiness, crassness, crudeness, dark, darkness, denseness, density, dim wittedness,… …

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  • 29opacity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Nontransparency Nouns opaqueness, nontransparency, dimness, filminess, cloudiness, murk[iness], muddiness, obscurity. Verbs opaque, obscure, darken; [be]cloud, muddy [up]. Adjectives opaque,… …

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  • 30opacity — o|pac|i|ty [əuˈpæsıti US ou ] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: opacité, from Latin opacitas, from opacus; OPAQUE] 1.) the quality that something has when it is difficult to see through →↑opaque 2.) the quality that something has when it… …

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