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Another word for opaque

opaque Synonyms

opaque

modif.

Impervious to light
nontransparent, dim, dusky, darkened, darkling, murky, gloomy, lusterless, smoky, thick, misty, cloudy, clouded, shady, turbid, muddy, dull, blurred, frosty, filmy, foggy, sooty, dirty, dusty, fuliginous, nubilous, nontranslucent, absorbing light, coated over, covered; see also dark 1, hazy 1.
Antonyms clear*, transparent, translucent.
Relatively impervious to understanding
concealed, enigmatic, perplexing; see obscure 1, vague 2.

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Windows that can't be broken and can switch from opaque to clear.
When light proceeding from a small source falls upon an opaque object, a shadow is cast upon a screen situated behind the obstacle, and this shadow is found to be bordered by alternations of brightness and darkness, known as " diffraction bands."
Crystals of barytes may be transparent and colourless, or white and opaque, or of a yellow, brown, bluish or greenish colour.
In an engraved glass grating there is no opaque material present by which light could be absorbed, and the effect depends upon a difference of retardation in passing the alternate parts.
There are many shades of transparent blue and of opaque blue, yellow and green.

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