opacity

Meanings

Plural: opacities

Noun

• the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
• incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
• the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
• The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through
• The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.
• A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.

Synonyms

opaqueness

Antonyms

clarity, transparency