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OPAQUENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
Synonyms:
opacity; opaqueness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("opaqueness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
opaque (not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "opaqueness"):
cloudiness; muddiness; murkiness (the quality of being cloudy)
blurriness; fogginess; fuzziness; indistinctness; softness (the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines)
Derivation:
opaque (not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
Synonyms:
opacity; opaqueness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("opaqueness" is a kind of...):
incomprehensibility (the quality of being incomprehensible)
Derivation:
opaque (hard or impossible to understand)
