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English
Etymology
From opaque + -ity, from French opacité, from Latin opacitas.
Pronunciation
Noun
opacity (countable and uncountable, plural opacities)
- (uncountable) 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.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.
The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
- (optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.
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Translations
state of being opaque; blocking light
state of being inaccessible to understanding
measure of relative opaqueness
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