opacity
opacities
Opacity is the characteristic of being difficult to understand or unclear. A professor whose lectures are known for opacity is going to find himself in a room full of some very frustrated students.
In its literal sense opacity is used to talk about objects that don't allow light to shine through. A window that has accumulated a lot of dirt and dust is characterized by its opacity, as opposed to a transparent window, which is one you can see right through. The word opacity is used more generally for anything obscure, unclear, or incomprehensible, like the opacity of a novel full of ten-syllable words or a dictionary that doesn't give you any clear or straightforward definitions.
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the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
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synonyms:
opaqueness
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clarity, clearness, uncloudedness
the quality of clear water
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cloudiness, muddiness, murkiness
the quality of being cloudy
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blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
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turbidity, turbidness
muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
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haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness
cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
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dimness, faintness
the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
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vagueness
indistinctness of shape or character
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quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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clarity, clearness, uncloudedness
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the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
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transparence, transparency
permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation
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optical opacity
opacity to light
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radio-opacity, radiopacity
opacity to X-rays or other radiation
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physical phenomenon
a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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transparence, transparency
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incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
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synonyms:
opaqueness
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incomprehensibility
the quality of being incomprehensible
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incomprehensibility
Vocabulary lists containing opacity
After receiving a curse that causes her to slowly transform into a demon with a deadly touch, Miuko embarks on a quest to find a cure so that she can return to her normal life.
Yadriel is determined to prove to his family that he's a brujo. When he accidentally summons the ghost of classmate Julian Diaz, the two boys investigate a series of strange disappearances.
Stories about disappearing languages, indoor skiing, and not-so-Golden Globes contributed words to this week's list of vocabulary from the tech, sports, and entertainment worlds.
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