Opaque vs Breithauptite - What's the difference?
opaque | breithauptite |
Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
(figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
(figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
(computing) Describes a 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.
(obsolete, poetic) An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
* 1745 , Edward Young, Night-Thoughts , I:
Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
To make, render (more) opaque.
(mineral) A nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula NiSb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance.
English eponyms
As nouns the difference between opaque and breithauptite
is that opaque is (obsolete|poetic) an area of darkness; a place or region with no light while breithauptite is (mineral) a nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula nisb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance.As an adjective opaque
is neither reflecting nor emitting light.As a verb opaque
is to make, render (more) opaque.opaque
English
(wikipedia opaque)Alternative forms
* opakeAdjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* (physically) see-through, translucent, transparent * (figuratively) clear, obvious, bright, brilliantUsage notes
* The comparative opaquer and superlative opaquest, though formed following valid rules for English, are much less common than more opaque' and ' most opaque and seem to occur more frequently in poetry.Derived terms
* opaquely * opaqueness * radiopaqueNoun
(en noun)- Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.