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opacity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | opaqueness |
| Type of | quality |
| Has types | softness, murkiness, cloudiness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, muddiness, blurriness |
| Derivation | opaque |
opacity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | opaqueness |
| Type of | incomprehensibility |
| Derivation | opaque |
opacity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | physical phenomenon |
| Has types | radiopacity, radio-opacity, optical opacity |
| Derivation | opaque |
Examples of opacity
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I suspect it has something to do with the opacity of the background of my image.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The opacity spreads out from the stud, taking about 30 seconds to cover the gel.
From the newscientist.com
Electrochromic glass, with changeable opacity, is one new avenue of exploration.
From the economist.com
The technical reason is that the opacity of that text was set at less than 100%.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Peer, if possible, through the submerged opacity as all navigational sense fails.
From the sacbee.com
Those who object to such gatherings believe such opacity is a cover for inaction.
From the economist.com
This sense of opacity and impenetrability gives the authorities the upper hand.
From the economist.com
To the extent that formality produces opacity and imprecision, it is undesirable.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The labyrinth of complexity and intentional opacity is designed to hide this fact.
From the guardian.co.uk
- The phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
- Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
- The quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
- Opacity is the measure of impenetrability to electromagnetic or other kinds of radiation, especially visible light. In radiative transfer, it describes the absorption and scattering of radiation in a medium, such as a plasma, dielectric, shielding material, glass, etc. ...
- The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through; The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding; A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light
- (1) Characteristic of paper or other substrate that prevents printing on one side from showing through the other side. (2) Characteristic of ink that prevents the substrate from showing through.
- The level of transparency or translucence
- Term used to describe the degree to which paper will show print through.
- The amount of show-through on a printed sheet. The more opacity or the thicker the paper the less show-through. (The thicker/heavier the paper the higher the cost.)
