opaque
Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
Other meanings
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
Related words
- nonopaque
- opacify
- semiopaque
- subopaque
- unopaque
- opaquely
- opaquen
- opaqueness
- opaque box
- radio-opaque
- radiopaque
- referentially opaque
Word history
From Latin "opacus" (shaded, shady, dark).
Where this comes from
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