opacity

1. (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.

   Opazität, Undurchsichtigkeit, Lichtundurchlässigkeit

   непрозра́чностьneprozráčnostʹ

   непрозо́рістьneprozóristʹ

   the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light

2. (uncountable)The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.

   The opacity of these decisions is troubling.

   Undurchsichtigkeit, Nebulösität

3. (countable)A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.

   The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.

   the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation

4. (countable)An opaque area.

   помутні́нняpomutnínnja

1. Tom adjusted the opacity of the layer.

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2. The opacity of the glass made it unsuitable for windowpanes.

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3. The opacity of the lens is a function of the glass from which it was made.

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4. The report said "opacity, corruption, and weak processes keep citizens from fully benefiting from their countries' resource wealth."

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