opacity (n.)

  1. the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation

  2. incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning

    [ Syn: opaqueness ]

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

    [ Syn: opaqueness ]

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