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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesopacità
Pronunciation / Transliteration: o-pa-ci-ta
"L'opacità del vetro impedisce alla luce di passare."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality of being opaque; the inability of light to pass through something.
"The high opacity of the new window film prevents anyone from seeing inside the room." - 2
The quality of being difficult to understand or obscure; obscurity.
"Critics complained about the philosophical opacity of the director's latest film."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'opacitas', meaning shady or dark, stemming from 'opacus' (shaded, obscure). Entering Middle English in the 15th century via Old French, the term evolved from literal physical light blockage to encompass conceptual and institutional lack of transparency.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Opacity" is said worldwide
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opacité
Transliteration: o-pa-si-te
"L'opacité de ce verre protège votre intimité."
Undurchsichtigkeit
Transliteration: un-durch-sich-tig-keit
"Die Undurchsichtigkeit des Materials verhindert jeden Blick nach drinnen."
opacità
Transliteration: o-pa-ci-ta
"L'opacità del vetro impedisce alla luce di passare."
opacidad
Transliteration: o-pa-si-dad
"La opacidad de la pintura requiere al menos dos capas."
opacidade
Transliteration: o-pa-si-da-de
"A opacidade da cortina bloqueia totalmente a luz do sol."
अपारदर्शिता
Transliteration: aparadarsita
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"कांच की अपारदर्शिता के कारण आर-पार देखना असंभव था।"
不透明度
Transliteration: bù tōumíng dù
Script: 中文汉字
"你可以调整图层的不透明度。"
불투명도
Transliteration: bul-tu-myeong-do
Script: 한국어 한글
"이미지의 불투명도를 낮추어 배경이 보이게 하세요."
不透明度
Transliteration: futōmeido
Script: 日本語
"レイヤーの不透明度を変更する。"
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