opaque.
Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
Meaning & usage
Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
Obtuse, stupid.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac.
An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac.
To make, render (more) opaque.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac.
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