"opacity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /oʊˈpæsɪti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-opacity.wav Forms: opacities [plural]
enPR: ōpăsʹĭti [US] Etymology: From opaque + -ity, from French opacité, from Latin opacitas. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|opaque|ity}} opaque + -ity, {{der|en|fr|opacité}} French opacité, {{uder|en|la|opacitas}} Latin opacitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} opacity (countable and uncountable, plural opacities)
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being opaque; blocking light): непразры́стасць (njeprazrýstascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), непрозрачност (neprozračnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), opacitat [feminine] (Catalan), neprůhlednost [feminine] (Czech), uigennemsigtighed [common-gender] (Danish), ugennemsigtighed (Danish), läpikuultamattomuus (Finnish), läpinäkymättömyys (Finnish), opacité [feminine] (French), opacidade [feminine] (Galician), Opazität [feminine] (German), Undurchsichtigkeit [feminine] (German), Lichtundurchlässigkeit [feminine] (German), αδιαφάνεια (adiafáneia) [feminine] (Greek), अपारदर्शिता (apārdarśitā) [feminine] (Hindi), ketidakbeningan (Indonesian), necaurredzamība [feminine] (Latvian), necaurspīdīgums [masculine] (Latvian), opasitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ugjennomsiktighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), opacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), непрозра́чность (neprozráčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), opacidad [feminine] (Spanish), opacitet [common-gender] (Swedish), opasidad (Tagalog), непрозо́рість (neprozóristʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding. Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being inaccessible to understanding): неясност (nejasnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), opacité [feminine] (French), Undurchsichtigkeit [feminine] (German), Nebulösität [feminine] (German), opasidad (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-opacity-en-noun-TUTZvB8l Disambiguation of 'state of being inaccessible to understanding': 34 58 8
  3. (optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Optics Translations (measure of relative opaqueness): läpikuultamattomuus (Finnish), läpinäkymättömyys (Finnish), ketidakbeningan (Indonesian), opasidad (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-opacity-en-noun-nyZTBXGP Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'measure of relative opaqueness': 20 4 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: opaqueness Derived forms: referential opacity Coordinate_terms: transparency

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "referential opacity"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "opaque",
        "3": "ity"
      },
      "expansion": "opaque + -ity",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "opacité"
      },
      "expansion": "French opacité",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "opacitas"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin opacitas",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From opaque + -ity, from French opacité, from Latin opacitas.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "opacities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "opacity (countable and uncountable, plural opacities)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opaque",
          "opaque"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The opacity of these decisions is troubling.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inaccessible",
          "inaccessible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Optics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "optics",
          "optics"
        ],
        [
          "impenetrability",
          "impenetrability"
        ],
        [
          "electromagnetic",
          "electromagnetic"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "optics",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "ōpăsʹĭti",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈpæsɪti/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "opaqueness"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njeprazrýstascʹ",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "непразры́стасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neprozračnost",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "непрозрачност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opacitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neprůhlednost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "uigennemsigtighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "word": "ugennemsigtighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "word": "läpikuultamattomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "word": "läpinäkymättömyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opacité"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opacidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Opazität"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Undurchsichtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lichtundurchlässigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adiafáneia",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αδιαφάνεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "apārdarśitā",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अपारदर्शिता"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "word": "ketidakbeningan"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "necaurredzamība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "necaurspīdīgums"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opasitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ugjennomsiktighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opacidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neprozráčnostʹ",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "непрозра́чность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opacidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "opacitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "word": "opasidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neprozóristʹ",
      "sense": "state of being opaque; blocking light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "непрозо́рість"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nejasnost",
      "sense": "state of being inaccessible to understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неясност"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being inaccessible to understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opacité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being inaccessible to understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Undurchsichtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being inaccessible to understanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nebulösität"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of being inaccessible to understanding",
      "word": "opasidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measure of relative opaqueness",
      "word": "läpikuultamattomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measure of relative opaqueness",
      "word": "läpinäkymättömyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "measure of relative opaqueness",
      "word": "ketidakbeningan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "measure of relative opaqueness",
      "word": "opasidad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "opacity"
}

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