opacity
Collocations
3ADJ.
adjusted, clean, due, muddy, weak
VERB + OPACITY
report, said
OPACITY + NOUN
corruption, decisions, glass, layer, lens
Definitions
noun
The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.
We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.
The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.
An opaque area.
This report concerns a child with Down's syndrome (mongolism) and bilateral congenital corneal opacities born into a family affected through three generations by Rieger's anomaly.
Scanty irregular opacities are not uncommonly observed on the chest roentgenogram in the absence of interstitial fibrosis of the lungs.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the quality of being opaque to a degree
- opaqueness
noun — incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
- opaqueness
Antonyms
- clearness
- clarity
- uncloudedness
- transparency
- transparence
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
WiktionaryThe opacity of these decisions is troubling.
WiktionaryThe opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.
WiktionaryThe opacity of the glass made it unsuitable for windowpanes.
Tatoeba · #9935546The opacity of the lens is a function of the glass from which it was made.
Tatoeba · #9948782Tom adjusted the opacity of the layer.
Tatoeba · #9962790