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Meaning of "opacity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OPACITY

opacity  [əʊˈpæsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPACITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Opacity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OPACITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Opacity

Opacity may refer to: ▪ Opacity, the degree to which light is not allowed to travel through ▪ Opaque context, a term to describe the linguistic context of co-referential terms ▪ Phonological opacity, a term in phonology ▪ Opaque travel inventory, the market of selling unsold travel inventory at a discounted price...

Definition of opacity in the English dictionary

The first definition of opacity in the dictionary is the state or quality of being opaque. Other definition of opacity is the degree to which something is opaque. Opacity is also an opaque object or substance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPACITY


audacity
ɔːˈdæsɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
fugacity
fjuːˈɡæsɪtɪ
incapacity
ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪtɪ
inveracity
ˌɪnvəˈræsɪtɪ
loquacity
ləˈkwæsɪtɪ
mendacity
mɛnˈdæsɪtɪ
overcapacity
ˌəʊvəkəˈpæsɪtɪ
perspicacity
ˌpɜːspɪˈkæsɪtɪ
pertinacity
ˌpɜːtɪˈnæsɪtɪ
pervicacity
ˌpɜːvɪˈkæsɪtɪ
pugnacity
pʌɡˈnæsɪtɪ
radio-opacity
ˌreɪdɪəʊəʊˈpæsɪtɪ
radiopacity
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈpæsɪtɪ
rapacity
rəˈpæsɪtɪ
sagacity
səˈɡæsɪtɪ
salacity
səˈlæsɪtɪ
veracity
vɛˈræsɪtɪ
vivacity
vɪˈvæsɪtɪ
voracity
vɒˈræsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPACITY

opacifier
opacify
opacities
opah
opal
opal glass
opal-like
opaled
opalesce
opalescence
opalescent
opalescently
opaline
opalized
opaque
opaque context
opaque projector
opaquely
opaqueness
opaquing

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPACITY

carrying capacity
city
contumacity
cubic capacity
cylinder capacity
disk capacity
edacity
excess capacity
heat capacity
industrial capacity
inefficacity
megacity
memory capacity
mordacity
seating capacity
specific heat capacity
storage capacity
tenacity
unveracity
vital capacity
warehouse capacity

Synonyms and antonyms of opacity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OPACITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «opacity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of opacity

Translation of «opacity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPACITY

Find out the translation of opacity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of opacity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «opacity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不透明度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

opacidad
570 millions of speakers

English

opacity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अस्पष्टता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعتيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непрозрачность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

opacidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বচ্ছতার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

opacité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Opacities
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Opazität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不透明
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불투명도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Opacities
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

opacity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒபேசிடீஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उद्रेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

opasiteler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

opacità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krycie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непрозорість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

opacitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδιαφάνεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondeursigtigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

opacitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opasitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of opacity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPACITY»

The term «opacity» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.333 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of opacity
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «opacity».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPACITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «opacity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «opacity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about opacity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPACITY»

Discover the use of opacity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to opacity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Opacity and the Closet: Queer Tactics in Foucault, Barthes, ...
Looking beyond the closet at the lives and works of renowned queer public figures
Nicholas De Villiers, 2012
2
Opacity: Gender, Sexuality, Race, and the "problem" of ...
Contextualized in this particular neocolonial framework, this book examines multiple sites of masculinity in Martinique, ranging from privileged performances (such as state-funded theater productions) to disruptive performances (such as ...
David A. B. Murray, 2002
3
Nasalization, Neutral Segments and Opacity Effects
In Optimality Theory, it has recently been proposed that derivational opacity effects can be achieved by calling on a correspondence relation that enforces faith between co-candidates in the evaluation set: the output candidate and a ...
Rachel Walker, 2014
4
Referential Opacity and Modal Logic
Dagfinn Follesdal. Introduction ix Acknowledgments xxxv Chapter One: Referential and Extensional Opacity l 1. Introduction 1 2. Criteria for Referential and Extensional Opacity 3 3. Alternative Criteria for Referential Opacity 6 4. Examples and ...
Dagfinn Follesdal, 2014
5
Edouard Glissant and Postcolonial Theory: Strategies of ...
Therefore, just as I cannot reduce the Other to my mm] m fonyergjly m [ fafflfc ^ o rf ^ jn r^e ky of exoticizing identification that Glissant attributes to Segalen (of whom he writes that "personally I believe he died of the Other's opacity," PR, 208).
Celia Britton, 1999
6
Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Culture: Opacity, Theory, ...
The book evaluates other aspects of critical thinking such as creativity, insight, questioning, learning, practical thought, interpretation, intellectual prejudice, and the historical and temporary aspects of thought. -- Back cover.
Richard A. Talaska, 1992
7
Industrial Air Pollution Monitoring: Gaseous and Particulate ...
Extinction: this is a function of transmission which (as explained later) is proportional to particulate concentration: Extinction = loge (1/T) (4.3) The output from simple transmissometers is usually expressed in terms of % opacity (or % smoke ...
A.G. Clarke, 1998
8
Paint and Coating Testing Manual: Fourteenth Edition of the ...
Reflection from the substrate eventually emerges from the film carrying the substrate reflectivity information perceived as visibility or lack thereof and referred to as hiding. Opacity may be qualitatively defined as the property of a paint film that ...
J. V. Koleske, 1995
9
Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual
Transfer. This category, which used to be called Other Dynamics, lets you adjust how much paint Photoshop lays down with each brushstroke (see Figure 12-30). The Opacity and Flow settings here override the ones in the Options bar, so if ...
Lesa Snider, 2010
10
The Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle ...
Aronson (political science, Hebrew U., Jerusalem) explains Israel's acquisition and political use of nuclear weapons as a central factor in its foreign policy over the last three decades, emphasizing Israeli and Arab perceptions of each ...
Shlomo Aronson, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPACITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term opacity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
These cute virtual cartridges prove 'retro' is more than an aesthetic
Each one is just a single executable, a tiny little Flash game that evokes the simplicity and opacity of the mysterious arcade games of my youth. «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
2
US, Chinese researchers makes breakthrough in cataract treatment
After six weeks of treatment, opacity decreased and cataract severity was reduced, according to Prof Kang Zhang, who led the study. Similar ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»
3
Study: Opacity, Violations Mar Indonesia's Political Parties Public …
Rupiah notes seen at the main branch of Bank Mandiri in Jakarta on Nov. 18, 2014. (Reuters Photo/Darren Whiteside). Jakarta. Indonesia's ... «Jakarta Globe, Jul 15»
4
Polluting vehicles not being tested properly: NGT to Delhi govt
It also did not conduct the inspection based on seven parameters despite NGT orders and only checked opacity of smoke and carbon dioxide ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
/ Route 66 Festival
... padding-right:0; font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; text-align:center;opacity:.3; filter:alpha(opacity=30);font-size:17px; "> «KSPR, Jul 15»
6
How to Recreate Famous Movie Titles: Ant-Man
Reduce the Gloss Face's opacity to 2. ... Go back to your background image and lower the opacity to make it blend with the solid black ... «NewBlueFX, Jul 15»
7
PicsArt Photo Studio Review
We enjoyed creating custom frames by adjusting the outer and inner border sizes, color, corner roundness and opacity. In addition, you can ... «Tom's Guide, Jul 15»
8
Today's apps gone free: Inspire Pro, Swing Tale, Save the Pencil 2 …
Each can be used as a wet or dry brush, and each can be customized with different pressure, size, opacity, space, and scatter settings. «AppAdvice, Jul 15»
9
PA, EBRC, AIM – why the opacity?
The running thread under all these incidents is the opacity with which controversies around them have been managed by the ruling People's ... «The Online Citizen, Jul 15»
10
Outlook on the Desktop 3.2.3
... that makes extensive use of the desktop for other things, the opacity of the app can be adjusted to give a slightly more faded and subtle look. «TechCentral.ie, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Opacity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/opacity>. Apr 2024 ».
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