o|paque´ness

o|paque´ness: o|paque «oh PAYK», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. a) not letting light through; not transparent: »A brick wall is opaque. The water is so charged with mud and sand that it is opaque (Francis Parkman).
b) not conducting energy or radiation, as heat, sound, or electricity: »Even on the clearest day, the atmosphere is as opaque to many kinds of radiation as if it were an ocean of ink (Time).

2. not shining; dark; dull: »an opaque star, an opaque light.

3. Figurative. hard to understand; obscure: »The Critique of Political Economy…had baffled even Marx's disciples by its relentless and opaque abstraction (Edmund Wilson).

4. Figurative. stupid; dense.

–n.

1. something opaque.

2. Photography. a pigment used to shade parts of a negative.

╂[< Latin opācus dark, shady]

–o|paque´ly, adverb.

–o|paque´ness, noun.

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o|paque — «oh PAYK», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. a) not letting light through; not transparent: »A brick wall is opaque. The water is so charged with mud and sand that it is opaque (Francis Parkman). b) not conducting energy or radiation, as heat, sound, or… … Useful english dictionary
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