opacity

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

uncountable countable

Japanese Meaning

光を通さない、つまり不透明な状態や性質 / 理解や把握が困難な状態、つまり抽象的で解釈しにくい性質

The curtain's opacity made the room feel cool and private during the midday sun.

カーテンの不透明さのため、真昼の太陽の下でも部屋は涼しく落ち着いていた。

Sense（1）

(uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through

We could not see the sandbar due to the opacity of the muddy water.

Sense（2）

(uncountable) The state or quality of being inaccessible to understanding.

The opacity of these decisions is troubling.

Sense（3）

(optics, countable) A measure of relative impenetrability to electromagnetic radiation such as light.

The opacity of a clean glass window is near zero.

opacities

（ plural ）