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opacity noun [ ə(ʊ)ˈpasɪti ]

• the quality of lacking transparency or translucence.
• "thinner paints need black added to increase opacity"
Similar: opaqueness, non-transparency, lack of transparency, cloudiness, filminess, haziness, mistiness, blur, blurredness, dirtiness, dinginess, muddiness, griminess, smeariness,
Opposite: transparency, translucence, clarity,
Origin: mid 16th century: from French opacité, from Latin opacitas, from opacus ‘darkened’.


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