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opaqueness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun opaqueness has 2 senses
- opaqueness(n = noun.attribute) opacity - incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning; Array is a kind of incomprehensibility
- opaqueness(n = noun.attribute) opacity - 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
Derived form adjective opaque2
is a kind of quality
Derived form adjective opaque1
CIDE DICTIONARY
opaqueness, n.
The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
opaqueness
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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