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opacity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Opacity \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: opacity n 1: not permitting the passage of light [syn: {opaqueness}] [ant: {transparency}] 2: incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning [syn: {opaqueness}] 3: the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light [syn: {opaqueness}] [ant: {clearness}]
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