opacity
1Opacity — may refer to: Opacity (optics), the degree to which light is not allowed to travel through Opaque context, a term to describe the linguistic context of co referential terms Phonological opacity, a term in phonology Opaque travel inventory, the… …
2opacity — UK US /əʊˈpeɪsəti/ US /əʊˈpæsəti/ noun [U] ► the quality of being difficult to understand or know about, especially because things have been intentionally kept secret or made complicated : »He believes the opacity of traditional property… …
3Opacity — O*pac i*ty, n. [L. opacitas: cf. F. opacit[ e].] 1. 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] 2. Obscurity; want of clearness. Bp. Hall.… …
4opacity — I noun asininity, blockishness, confusion, darkness, denseness, density, dimness, doltishness, dull wittedness, dullness, fatuity, hebetude, impenetrability, imperceptibility, inapprehensibility, incomprehensibility, indiscernibility,… …
5opacity — (n.) 1550s, darkness of meaning, obscurity, from Fr. opacité, from L. opacitatem (nom. opacitas) shade, shadiness, from opacus shaded, dark, opaque (see OPAQUE (Cf. opaque)). The literal sense condition of being impervious to light first recorded …
6opacity — ► NOUN ▪ the condition of being opaque …
7opacity — [ō pas′ə tē] n. [Fr opacité < L opacitas < opacus, shady] 1. the state, quality, or degree of being opaque 2. pl. opacities something opaque, as a spot on the cornea or lens of an eye …
8Opacity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Opacity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 opacity opacity Sgm: N 1 opaqueness opaqueness &c. >Adj. film Sgm: N 1 cloud cloud &c. 353 PARAG:Opacity >V GRP: V 1 Sgm: V 1 be opaque …
9opacity — [[t]oʊpæ̱sɪti[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Opacity is the quality of being difficult to see through. [FORMAL] Opacity of the eye lens can be induced by deficiency of certain vitamins... He insisted that the mineral content of the water determined the… …
10opacity — noun /oʊˈpæsɪti/ a) 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. b) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding The opacity of these… …
