Definitions for opacity

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opacity o·pac·i·ty

Spelling: [oh-pas-i-tee]

IPA: /oʊˈpæs ɪ ti/

Opacity is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in opacity (aciopty).

Definitions for opacity

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 opacity

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

Examples for opacity

The amount of acid regulates the density or opacity of the enamel.

Sometimes the want of opacity is due to the fact that the developer was too cold.

It may be she was not very visible; the double glasses of an open sash-window are almost equal to opacity.

Special attention should be given to the position of the opacity.

They are almost entirely confined to the posterior part of the area pellucida, and give rise to the opacity of that part.

Layroh adjusted the nozzles until the black beam was a solid shaft of opacity seven feet in height and nearly five in width.

They have not substance enough, in fact, to reach a state of opacity.

For opacity arises from reflecting Surfaces, such as may disturb and interrupt the Motions of this Medium.

The opacity is remarkably high, explaining why the star is so nearly "heat-tight."

The cause of this opacity is generally quick boiling while the meat is in.