opacity
(noun)
noun
1. the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
Definition categories: phenomenon
2. incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
Similar word(s): opaqueness
Definition categories: attribute, incomprehensibility
3. the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
Similar word(s): opaqueness
Definition categories: attribute, quality
Sentences with opacity as a noun:
- We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
- The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
- The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.