opaque

Definition of opaque in English English dictionary: Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of; To make, render (more) opaque; Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators; An area of darkness; a place or region with no light
Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.; Something which is opaque rather than translucent; Neither reflecting nor emitting light; Obtuse, stupid; Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent; impervious to light; If you say that something is opaque, you mean that it is difficult to understand. the opaque language of the inspector's reports; Impervious to light transmission; Describes the ability of the pigment to allow light or underlying layers to shine through An opaque pigment which completely covers the painting ground or underlying layer; transparent pigments allows light and the underlying layers to be seen; The amount of light measured that can not travel through the paper The more opaque a sheet of paper is, the less transparent; Material that does not transmit light; If an object or substance is opaque, you cannot see through it. You can always use opaque glass if you need to block a street view. transparent; A quality of paper that allows relatively little light to pass through; Does not allow light to pass through; Light cannot pass through; Not allowing light to pass through Is not transparent or translucent; Not clear or translucent Not allowing light to show through; Quality of a material that does not let any light pass through; {i} that which entirely obstructs the passage of light; fluid for photographic negatives; That which is opaque; opacity; not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays" not clearly understood or expressed; The property of paper that makes it less transparent; not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"; The opposite of transparent, something that is opaque lets no light through An opaque coat of paint will completely conceal the colours underneath it Opacity/opaqueness is the quality of being opaque; Opaque means that the blind is not translucent to the point that you can see through it Unlike the US expression, opaque does not mean that it cuts out virtually all light On the contrary, you can have an opaque fabric that allows up to 60% light transmission; Impervious to light rays; {s} not transparent, entirely obstructing the passage of light; obstructing the passage of radiation (Physics); frosted (about glass); dull; stupid; Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance; Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the types defined abstract operators; not clearly understood or expressed; paper term; A material or substance that prevents all light from passing through it; Solid Unable to see through Opposite of transparent An option in the Flares and Fountains requestor to make the flare behave as a transparent object (Yes, the manual says just that, in two different locations! Go figure ); (1) an area or material that completely blocks out unwanted light; (2) red or black liquid used to blockout or cover unwanted clear or gray areas on a negative; (3) white liquid used to cover unwanted black images in an original copy; (4) to paint out areas on a negative which which are not to print, refer to blockout; (5) the property of paper that makes it less transparent; Not allowing light to pass through; Permitting no light to show through; Does not allow passage of light, cannot be seen through; Obscure; not clear; unintelligible; The state of a region with regard to events If a region is opaque to an event type, any event of that type that intersects with the region has its rectangle set adjusted to clip out the intersecting area; Impervious to light An opaque surface will reflect light to some degree dependent on surface attributes See also Specular reflection and Diffuse reflection; (1) An area or material which completely blocks out unwanted light; a filter may be opaque to only certain colors (2) A red or black liquid used to block out or cover unwanted clear or grey areas on a negative (3) White opaque used to cover unwanted black images in an original copy (on white paper) (4) To paint out areas on a negative which are not to print See also: Blocking Out (5) The property of paper that makes it less transparent to top; A condition where a material, such as a cloud, blocks the passage of radiant energy, especially light Opaque sky cover refers to the amount of sky cover that completely hides all that might be above it; opacular; opacous
opaque gem: a gemstone that is opaque
opaque projector: A projector used to view images of nontransparent materials, such as printed sheets or drawings
opaquely: in an opaque manner; "he referred opaquely to her recent past
opaquely: In an opaque manner
opaquely: in an opaque manner; obscurely; in a manner that does not allow radiation to pass through (light, sound, etc.)
opaquely: translucently
opaqueness: incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
opaqueness: the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
opaqueness: The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity
opaqueness: The characteristic of being opaque
opaqueness: {i} state of being opaque; condition of being impermeable to radiation (light, sound, etc.); being frosted (about glass); non-transparency; fuzziness of sound; dullness, stupidness