Definitions of opacity [ʊˈpæs ɪ ti]

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Definition of 'opacity'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) opacity
the state or quality of being opaque.

2.  opacity
something opaque.

3.  opacity
the degree to which a substance is or may be opaque.

4.  opacity
the proportion of light absorbed by the emulsion on an area of a photographic film or plate.

5.  opacity
obscurity of meaning.

6.  opacity
mental dullness.

Etymology: (1550–60; < L opācitās shade)

Definition of 'opacity'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) opacity
the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation

2. (noun) opacity, opaqueness
incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning

3. (noun) opacity, opaqueness
the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light

Translation of 'opacity'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: not transparent an opaque liquid.
Afrikaans: ondeursigtigheid, ondeurs	Arabic: لا شَفافِيَه، إبْهام، غُم	Bulgarian: непрозрачност
Brazilian: opacidade	Czech: neprůsvitnost	German: die Undurchsichtigkeit
Danish: uklarhed	Greek: αδιαφάνεια	Spanish: opacidad
Estonian: läbipaistmatus	Farsi: کدری؛ ابهام	Finnish: läpinäkymättömyys
French: opacité	Hebrew: אִי שְׁקִיפוּת	Hindi: धुंधलापन, अपारदर्शिता
Croatian: neprozirnost	Hungarian: átlátszatlanság	Indonesian: keburaman
Icelandic: ógangsæi	Italian: opacità	Japanese: 不透明
Korean: 불투명	Lithuanian: nepermatomumas	Latvian: necaurredzamība
Malay: kelegapan	Dutch: ondoorzichtigheid	Norwegian: ugjennomsiktighet
Polish: nieprzejrzystość	Persian: کدری؛ ابهام	Pashto: مبهم، تياره
Portuguese: opacidade	Romanian: opacitate	Russian: непрозрачность
Slovak: otvorený	Slovenian: motnost	Serbian: neprovidnost
Swedish: ogenomskinlighet	Thai: ความทึบ	Turkish: donukluk, saydamsızlık
Taiwanese: 不透明，不透明性	Ukrainian: непрозорість	Urdu: کثافت
Vietnamese: sự mờ đục	Chinese: 不透明，不透明性
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