Opacity

  • 31opacity — o|pac|i|ty [ ou pæsəti ] noun uncount 1. ) a thick or dark quality that makes something such as glass or a liquid difficult to see through 2. ) FORMAL the quality that makes something such as a statement or problem difficult to understand …

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  • 32opacity — o·pac·i·ty || əʊ pæsÉ™tɪ n. opaqueness; degree to which something is opaque; obscurity; fuzziness; amount of area on a film that absorbs light (Photography); stupidity …

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  • 33opacity — [ə(ʊ) pasɪti] noun the condition of being opaque …

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  • 34opacity — n. 1. Opaqueness, want of transparency. 2. Darkness, obscurity …

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  • 35opacity — n 1. opaqueness, nontransparency, cloudiness, filminess; muddiness, murkiness, fuligi nosity, smokiness, darkness; obfuscation, obscurity, blurriness, fuzziness, unclarity, unclearness, vagueness; haziness, fogginess, mistiness; overclouding,… …

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  • 36opacity — opac·i·ty …

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  • 37opacity — UK [əʊˈpæsətɪ] / US [oʊˈpæsətɪ] noun [uncountable] 1) a thick or dark quality that makes something such as glass or a liquid difficult to see through 2) formal the quality that makes something such as a statement or problem difficult to… …

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  • 38opacity — o•pac•i•ty [[t]oʊˈpæs ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the state or quality of being opaque 2) something opaque 3) the degree to which a substance is or may be opaque 4) pht the proportion of light absorbed by the emulsion on an area of a photographic… …

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  • 39opacity — /oʊˈpæsəti/ (say oh pasuhtee) noun (plural opacities) 1. the state of being opaque. 2. something opaque. 3. Photography the ratio of the incident light and that emerging from a photographic density. 4. the ability of a coat of paint to obliterate …

  • 40opacity —   n. quality or state of being opaque.    ♦ opacify, v. make or become opaque …

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