Definitions for opacities

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opacities o·pac·i·ty

Spelling: [oh-pas-i-tee]

IPA: /oʊˈpæs ɪ ti/

Opacities is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 511 anagrams from letters in opacities (aceiiopst).

Definitions for opacities

noun

1. the state or quality of being opaque.
2. something opaque.
3. the degree to which a substance is opaque; capacity for being opaque.
4. Photography. the proportion of the light that is absorbed by the emulsion on any given area of a film or plate.
5. obscurity of meaning.
6. mental dullness.
7. Medicine/Medical. an opaque spot or area in normally clear or transparent tissue, as a cataract of the eye.

Origin of opacities

First recorded in 1550-60, opacity is from the Latin word opācitās shade. See opaque, -ity

Examples for opacities

These may be treated with nitrate of silver lotion of twice the strength used for opacities.

Who knows whether these opacities will not become transparent?

This accounts for the films, opacities, and white spots seen upon the eye after the inflammation has subsided.