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opaque

UK /əʊˈpeɪk/US /oʊˈpeɪk/

adjective 5
noun 2
verb 1
forms 7

adjective5

Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
(figurative) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
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Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
- We have agreed that heat is energy to begin with. Light is also a form of energy for when absorbed by any opaque substance it turns completely into heat. — 1968
Describes a data type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
(figurative) Obtuse, stupid.

noun2

Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
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(literary, no longer used) An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
- Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer. — 1745

verb1

To make, render (more) opaque.

forms

opaqued · opaquing · opaques · more opaque · opaquer · most opaque · opaquest

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