different between opaque vs scrim

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)

1. Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
2. Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
3. (figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
4. (figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.
5. (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)

1. (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.

2. 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)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. opaque

Spanish

Verb

opaque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of opacar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of opacar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of opacar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of opacar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Attested since the end of the 18th century. Origin unknown.

In one of the earliest mentions, "The Statistical Account of Scotland", 1793, by John Sinclair, page 593, we read in a paragraph devoted to weavers: "Besides these, they are now much employed in working a thin kind of coarse linen called Silesias, vulgarly Scrims, whereof each piece is 27 or 30 inches broad".

Noun

scrim (countable and uncountable, plural scrims)

1. A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,.
2. A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
3. A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
4. (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
5. (photography) A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light.
6. Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.

Translations

Verb

scrim (third-person singular simple present scrims, present participle scrimming, simple past and past participle scrimmed)

1. (photography) To use a scrim.

Etymology 2

From scrimmage.

Noun

scrim (plural scrims)

1. (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.
   • 2016, Blog of Legends, "The Gap hasn’t closed: Comparing the LCS and LCK at Worlds":

     As a team, the players decided to focus less on streaming (a major source of income) and more on in-house scrims, VOD review and practice, hoping to become a better team.

Verb

scrim (third-person singular simple present scrims, present participle scrimming, simple past and past participle scrimmed)

1. (online gaming) To participate in a scrim.
   • 2016, The Inquirer, "The EE Blog: EternalEnvy Accuses Former Team, Team Secret, of Delayed Payments and Monetary Indiscretion":

     Accusations of him drinking instead of scrimming with the team, not attending practices at all and playing guitar instead of scrimming surfaced.

Anagrams

• CMIRs, Crims, crims