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opaque
English
Alternative forms
- opake (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???pe?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /o??pe?k/
- Rhymes: -e?k
Adjective
opaque (comparative more opaque or opaquer, superlative most opaque or opaquest) (see usage notes)
- 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.
Usage 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.
- Most opaque has been more common than opaquest for at least two centuries and 50 to 100 times more common in the last two decades, according to this Google Ngram comparison.
Antonyms
- (physically): see-through, translucent, transparent
- (figuratively): clear, obvious, bright, brilliant
Derived terms
- opaquely
- opaqueness
- radiopaque
Related terms
- opacity
Translations
Noun
opaque (plural opaques)
- (obsolete, poetic) An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
- 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, I:
- Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.
- 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, I:
- Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
Translations
Verb
opaque (third-person singular simple present opaques, present participle opaquing, simple past and past participle opaqued)
- (transitive) To make, render (more) opaque.
Synonyms
- blur
- cloud
Translations
See also
- translucent
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “opaque”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin op?cus (“shaded, shady, dark”), itself of unknown origin. Doublet of ubac.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.pak/
Adjective
opaque (plural opaques)
- opaque
- Antonyms: transparent, translucide
Derived terms
- opacifier
- opacification
- opacité
- opaquement
Further reading
- “opaque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Adjective
opaque m or f (plural opaques)
- opaque
Spanish
Verb
opaque
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of opacar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of opacar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of opacar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of opacar.
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breithauptite
English
Etymology
Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791-1873), German mineralogist, +? -ite.
Noun
breithauptite (plural breithauptites)
- (mineralogy) A nickel antimonide mineral with the chemical formula NiSb, having a metallic opaque copper-red appearance.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Breithauptite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “breithauptite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
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