Opacity vs Transparent - What's the difference?
opacity | transparent |
(uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through
(uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding
(optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.
(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
* 1897, , chapter 19,
(of a system or organization) Open]], public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby [[reduce, reducing the chance of corruption.
Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
As a noun opacity
is (uncountable) the state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.As an adjective transparent is
(of a material or object) see-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.opacity
English
Noun
- We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.
- The opacity of these decisions is troubling.
- The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.
Synonyms
* opaquenessCoordinate terms
* transparencytransparent
English
(wikipedia transparent)Adjective
(en adjective)- The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped wastes there.
- "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."
- His reasons for the decision were transparent .