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(oʊpæsɪti)

1. uncountable noun

Opacity is the quality of being difficult to see through.

[formal]

Opacity of the eye lens can be induced by deficiency of certain vitamins. [+ of]

He insisted that the mineral content of the water determined the opacity.

Synonyms: opaqueness, cloudiness, density, obscurity More Synonyms of opacity

2. uncountable noun

If you refer to something's opacity, you mean that it is difficult to understand.

[formal]

Its dramatic nuances were often generalised to the point of opacity.

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opacity in British English

(əʊˈpæsɪtɪ)

nounWord forms: plural -ties

the state or quality of being opaque

the degree to which something is opaque

an opaque object or substance

obscurity of meaning; unintelligibility

5. physics, photography

the ratio of the intensity of light incident on a medium, such as a photographic film, to that transmitted through the medium

6. logic, philosophy

the property of being an opaque context

opacity in American English

(oʊˈpæsəti)

noun

the state, quality, or degree of being opaque

2. Word forms: plural oˈpacities

something opaque, as a spot on the cornea or lens of an eye

Word origin

Fr opacité < L opacitas < opacus, shady

Examples of 'opacity' in a sentence
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Vehicles loomed out of opacity, the headlamps surrounded by auras like distant moons, ground cautiously by, and receded into obscurity.She put on a coat, wrapped a scarf around her ears, opened the front door - and stepped into opacity.He looked at Frances and she saw how his eyes had the same blue opacity.Dark to the point of opacity that afternoon, the windows were now, a couple of days later, a dead, flat black.

1 (noun) in the sense of opaqueness

Definition

the state or quality of being opaque

The opacity of the water is due to its mineral content.

Synonyms

opaqueness

cloudiness

density

obscurity

the vast branches vanished into deep indigo obscurity above my head

dullness

murkiness

haziness

impermeability

mistiness

milkiness

filminess

2 (noun) in the sense of obscurity

Definition

the quality of being difficult to understand

the deliberate opacity of his language

Synonyms

obscurity

Hunt was irritated by the obscurity of his reply.

complexity

a diplomatic problem of great complexity

ambiguity

the ambiguities of language

intricacy

Garments are priced according to the intricacy of the work.

vagueness

the vagueness of the language used in the text

incomprehensibility

abstruseness

impenetrableness

reconditeness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abstruseness

Synonyms

obscurity,

depth,

complexity,

subtlety,

vagueness,

perplexity,

profundity,

esotericism,

incomprehensibility,

mysteriousness,

deepness,

arcaneness,

occultness,

reconditeness

in the sense of ambiguity

Definition

the possibility of interpreting an expression in more than one way

the ambiguities of language

Synonyms

vagueness,

doubt,

puzzle,

uncertainty,

obscurity,

enigma,

equivocation,

inconclusiveness,

indefiniteness,

dubiety,

dubiousness,

tergiversation,

indeterminateness,

equivocality,

doubtfulness,

equivocacy

in the sense of complexity

Definition

something complicated

a diplomatic problem of great complexity

Synonyms

complication,

involvement,

intricacy,

entanglement,

convolution

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opacity

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ooze
oozy
opacity
opalescent
opaque
open

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in the sense of intricacy

Garments are priced according to the intricacy of the work.

Synonyms

complexity,

involvement,

complication,

elaborateness,

obscurity,

entanglement,

convolutions,

involution,

intricateness,

knottiness

in the sense of vagueness

the vagueness of the language used in the text

Synonyms

impreciseness,

ambiguity,

obscurity,

looseness,

inexactitude,

woolliness,

undecidedness,

lack of preciseness

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释义	Trends of opacity View usage for: opacity (oʊpæsɪti) 1. uncountable noun Opacity is the quality of being difficult to see through. [formal] Opacity of the eye lens can be induced by deficiency of certain vitamins. [+ of] He insisted that the mineral content of the water determined the opacity. Synonyms: opaqueness, cloudiness, density, obscurity More Synonyms of opacity 2. uncountable noun If you refer to something's opacity, you mean that it is difficult to understand. [formal] Its dramatic nuances were often generalised to the point of opacity. More Synonyms of opacity opacity in British English (əʊˈpæsɪtɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties 1. the state or quality of being opaque 2. the degree to which something is opaque 3. an opaque object or substance 4. obscurity of meaning; unintelligibility 5. physics, photography the ratio of the intensity of light incident on a medium, such as a photographic film, to that transmitted through the medium 6. logic, philosophy the property of being an opaque context opacity in American English (oʊˈpæsəti) noun 1. the state, quality, or degree of being opaque 2. Word forms: plural oˈpacities something opaque, as a spot on the cornea or lens of an eye Word origin Fr opacité < L opacitas < opacus, shady Examples of 'opacity' in a sentence opacity Vehicles loomed out of opacity, the headlamps surrounded by auras like distant moons, ground cautiously by, and receded into obscurity. Murray, Stephen DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2002) She put on a coat, wrapped a scarf around her ears, opened the front door - and stepped into opacity. Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURA (2002) He looked at Frances and she saw how his eyes had the same blue opacity. Salley Vickers INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3 (2002) Dark to the point of opacity that afternoon, the windows were now, a couple of days later, a dead, flat black. Peter Straub LOST BOY LOST GIRL (2002) 1 (noun) in the sense of opaqueness Definition the state or quality of being opaque The opacity of the water is due to its mineral content. Synonyms opaqueness cloudiness density obscurity the vast branches vanished into deep indigo obscurity above my head dullness murkiness haziness impermeability mistiness milkiness filminess 2 (noun) in the sense of obscurity Definition the quality of being difficult to understand the deliberate opacity of his language Synonyms obscurity Hunt was irritated by the obscurity of his reply. complexity a diplomatic problem of great complexity ambiguity the ambiguities of language intricacy Garments are priced according to the intricacy of the work. vagueness the vagueness of the language used in the text incomprehensibility abstruseness impenetrableness reconditeness Additional synonyms in the sense of abstruseness Synonyms obscurity, depth, complexity, subtlety, vagueness, perplexity, profundity, esotericism, incomprehensibility, mysteriousness, deepness, arcaneness, occultness, reconditeness in the sense of ambiguity Definition the possibility of interpreting an expression in more than one way the ambiguities of language Synonyms vagueness, doubt, puzzle, uncertainty, obscurity, enigma, equivocation, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, dubiety, dubiousness, tergiversation, indeterminateness, equivocality, doubtfulness, equivocacy in the sense of complexity Definition something complicated a diplomatic problem of great complexity Synonyms complication, involvement, intricacy, entanglement, convolution Nearby words of opacity onwards ooze oozy opacity opalescent opaque open Synonyms of 'opacity' opacity Explore 'opacity' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of intricacy Garments are priced according to the intricacy of the work. Synonyms complexity, involvement, complication, elaborateness, obscurity, entanglement, convolutions, involution, intricateness, knottiness in the sense of vagueness the vagueness of the language used in the text Synonyms impreciseness, ambiguity, obscurity, looseness, inexactitude, woolliness, undecidedness, lack of preciseness
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