OPACITY


Meaning of OPACITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊpæsɪti ]

1.

Opacity is the quality of being difficult to see through. ( FORMAL )

Opacity of the eye lens can be induced by deficiency of certain vitamins...

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2.

If you refer to something’s opacity , you mean that it is difficult to understand. ( FORMAL )

Its dramatic nuances were often generalised to the point of opacity.

= obscurity

≠ transparency

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