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opaque
[oh-peyk]
adjective
not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
Synonyms: , ,not transmitting radiation, sound, heat, etc.
not shining or bright; dark; dull.
hard to understand; not clear or lucid; obscure.
The problem remains opaque despite explanations.
dull, stupid, or unintelligent.
noun
something that is opaque.
Photography.Ìýa coloring matter, usually black or red, used to render part of a negative opaque.
verb (used with object)
Photography.Ìýto cover up blemishes on (a negative), especially for making a printing plate.
to cause to become opaque.
opaque
/ əʊˈ±è±ðɪ°ì /
adjective
not transmitting light; not transparent or translucent
not reflecting light; lacking lustre or shine; dull
not transmitting radiant energy, such as electromagnetic or corpuscular radiation, or sound
hard to understand; unintelligible
unintelligent; dense
noun
photog an opaque pigment used to block out particular areas on a negative
verb
to make opaque
photog to block out particular areas, such as blemishes, on (a negative), using an opaque
opaque
Resistant to the transmission of certain kinds of radiation, usually light. Metals and many minerals are opaque to light, while being transparent to radio waves and neutrinos.
Compare translucent transparent
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- opaquely adverb
- opaqueness noun
- subopaque adjective
- subopaquely adverb
- subopaqueness noun
- ´Çˈ±è²¹±ç³Ü±ð±ô²â adverb
- ´Çˈ±è²¹±ç³Ü±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of opaque1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of opaque1
Example Sentences
He attributes Sleep Token’s chart performance to the ferocious online community the band built by being absolutely opaque about its identity, but ever more intricate in its aesthetic.
Humour can be a highly adapted defence mechanism, she says, which can make comedians more opaque than other contestants.
Drug prices are very opaque, according to Alan Sager, a professor of health policy at Boston University.
Remarkably, the creature is only slightly more unknowable than the film’s fascinatingly opaque main character.
But the Mexican government’s handling of the migrants has been opaque, and it’s clear that there are some migrants recently deported from the U.S. to Mexico who are languishing here.
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