blackness

1. (uncountable, usually)The state or quality of being black in colour.

   The blackness of outer space comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of light.

   Schwärze

   чернота́černotá

   the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

2. (uncountable, usually)Any space that such colour pervades.

   Out of the blackness came some flickers of light.

3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)Darkness, gloominess; depression.

4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)The quality of being evil or dismal.

5. (uncountable, usually)The state of being of African descent.

6. (uncountable, usually)The experiences and culture of Black people.

1. There was only pitch blackness around me.

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2. The cat's eyes gleamed in the blackness.

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3. He saw nothing but blackness in every direction.

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4. Tom stared into the impenetrable blackness of the night sky.

   ruТом пристально смотрел в непроглядную черноту ночного неба.

   deTom starrte in die undurchdringliche Schwärze des Nachthimmels.

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5. The pupils of her eyes had the blackness of a deep chasm.

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