Opacity
noun
The quality of not letting light pass through.
The opacity of the glass window prevents anyone from seeing through it.
Often appears as...
- high opacity
- increase opacity
noun
The quality of being difficult to understand or explain.
The opacity of his instructions left everyone confused.
Often appears as...
- intellectual opacity
- opacity of the law
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The degree to which something reduces the passage of light in photography and design.
Adjust the opacity of the layer to make it semi-transparent.
Often appears as...
- layer opacity
- opacity slider
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The quality of not letting light pass through.
The opacity of the glass window prevents anyone from seeing through it.
Often appears as...
- high opacity
- increase opacity
noun
The quality of being difficult to understand or explain.
The opacity of his instructions left everyone confused.
Often appears as...
- intellectual opacity
- opacity of the law
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The degree to which something reduces the passage of light in photography and design.
Adjust the opacity of the layer to make it semi-transparent.
Often appears as...
- layer opacity
- opacity slider
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Light Blockage
Think of something dense like a wall that light can't go through, implying solidness or thickness.
Even at midday, the room remained dark due to the opacity of the curtains.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Clarity
Opacity can describe materials like frosted glass which diffuses light, making it unclear.
The bathroom windows were treated for opacity to maintain privacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Perception Variation
Different materials can have varying levels of opacity, impacting how we perceive them.
The vase's unique opacity captured the light in a mesmerizing way.
Pro Tip 1/3Light Blockage
Think of something dense like a wall that light can't go through, implying solidness or thickness.
Even at midday, the room remained dark due to the opacity of the curtains.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Clarity
Opacity can describe materials like frosted glass which diffuses light, making it unclear.
The bathroom windows were treated for opacity to maintain privacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Perception Variation
Different materials can have varying levels of opacity, impacting how we perceive them.
The vase's unique opacity captured the light in a mesmerizing way.
Pro Tip 1/3Light Blockage
Think of something dense like a wall that light can't go through, implying solidness or thickness.
Even at midday, the room remained dark due to the opacity of the curtains.
Pro Tip 2/3Lack of Clarity
Opacity can describe materials like frosted glass which diffuses light, making it unclear.
The bathroom windows were treated for opacity to maintain privacy.
Pro Tip 3/3Perception Variation
Different materials can have varying levels of opacity, impacting how we perceive them.
The vase's unique opacity captured the light in a mesmerizing way.
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Video examples
The nightmare videos of...
It's about everything. These issues of accountability and agency, of opacity and complexity, of the violence and exploitation that inherently results from the concentration of power in a few hands -- these are much, much larger issues.
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History’s deadliest...
or what we'd now call lead poisoning. Artists who worked with lead complained of palseys, melancholy, coughing, enlarged retinas, and even blindness. But lead white's density, opacity, and warm tone
Video examples
The nightmare videos of...
It's about everything. These issues of accountability and agency, of opacity and complexity, of the violence and exploitation that inherently results from the concentration of power in a few hands -- these are much, much larger issues.
Video examples
History’s deadliest...
or what we'd now call lead poisoning. Artists who worked with lead complained of palseys, melancholy, coughing, enlarged retinas, and even blindness. But lead white's density, opacity, and warm tone
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Gary Weiss
American Journalist
Conspiracy theories feed on opacity, and that's a longtime problem with short selling. Large long positions must be reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission in public filings, but not large short positions.
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Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
Nigeria is still grappling with the negative consequences of the use of opacity by senior members of government and their cronies between 1993 and 1998, awarding themselves juicy contracts in the extractive industry.
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Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
There is such opacity within the art market. There's also an abundance of fraud and misrepresented goods, which leads to mistrust between buyers and sellers.
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Paul Singer
American Businessman
Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank.
Quote examples
Gary Weiss
American Journalist
Conspiracy theories feed on opacity, and that's a longtime problem with short selling. Large long positions must be reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission in public filings, but not large short positions.
Quote examples
Yemi Osinbajo
Nigerian Politician
Nigeria is still grappling with the negative consequences of the use of opacity by senior members of government and their cronies between 1993 and 1998, awarding themselves juicy contracts in the extractive industry.
Quote examples
Alexander Gilkes
British Businessman
There is such opacity within the art market. There's also an abundance of fraud and misrepresented goods, which leads to mistrust between buyers and sellers.
Quote examples
Paul Singer
American Businessman
Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank.
Example 1 of 4
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