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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun opacity has 3 senses
- opacity(n = noun.phenomenon) Array - the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation; Array is a kind of physical phenomenon
- opacity(n = noun.attribute) opaqueness - incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning; Array is a kind of incomprehensibility
- opacity(n = noun.attribute) opaqueness - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light; Array has particulars: cloudiness, muddiness, murkiness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness
has particulars: optical opacity, radio-opacity, radiopacity
Derived form adjective opaque1
Antonym: transparency
Derived form adjective opaque2
is a kind of quality
Antonym: clarity
Derived form adjective opaque1
CIDE DICTIONARY
opacity, n. [L. opacitas: cf. F. opacité.].
- The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness. [1913 Webster]
- Obscurity; want of clearness. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
opacity, n.
1 the state of being opaque.
2 obscurity of meaning.
3 obtuseness of understanding.
1 the state of being opaque.
2 obscurity of meaning.
3 obtuseness of understanding.
Etymology
F opacit{eacute} f. L opacitas -tatis (as OPAQUE)
THESAURUS
opacity
abstruseness, adiaphanousness, ambiguity, amorphousness, asininity, blockishness, boobishness, boorishness, bovinity, cloddishness, cloudiness, crassness, crudeness, dark, darkness, denseness, density, dim-wittedness, dimness, doltishness, dull-wittedness, dullardism, dullness, 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, thick-wittedness, thickness, turbidity, turbidness, unclarity, unclearness, unintelligibility, unplainness, unteachability, vagueness, wrongheadedness, yokelismROGET THESAURUS
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Opacity
N opacity, opaqueness, film, cloud, opaque, impervious to light, adiaphanous, dim, turbid, thick, muddy, opacous, obfuscated, fuliginous, cloud, hazy, misty, foggy, vaporous, nubiferous, muggy, smoky, fumid, murky, dirty.
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