Definition of opaque Opaque

/owpejˈk/ - [owpeyk] - o•paque

We found 18 definitions of opaque from 6 different sources.

What does opaque mean?

Adjective
opaque - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"
		clear readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"
		unclear not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day"
		opaqueness, opacity the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
		turbid, mirky, murky, cloudy, muddy dark or gloomy; "a murky dungeon"; "murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps"
		fogged, foggy obscured by fog; "he could barely see through the fogged window"
		frosted (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost; "frosted glass"
		glaucous having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes"
		light-tight, lightproof not penetrable by light; "lightproof containers"
		milklike, milky, whitish resembling milk in color not clear; "milky glass"
		semiopaque partially opaque
opaque - not clearly understood or expressed
		unintelligible
		uncomprehensible, incomprehensible difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein

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opaque (Noun)
An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.
opaque (Noun)
Something which is opaque rather than translucent.
opaque (Verb)
To make, render more opaque.
opaque (Adjective)
Neither reflecting nor emitting light.
opaque (Adjective)
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
opaque (Adjective)
Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
opaque (Adjective)
Obtuse, stupid.
opaque (Adjective)
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.

opaque (a.)
Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.
opaque (a.)
Obscure; not clear; unintelligible.
opaque (n.)
That which is opaque; opacity.

opaque
Not allowing light or radiant energy to pass through; impenetrable to sight.
opaque
A document in an otherwise transparent file format whose markup, or absence of markup, has been arranged to thwart or discourage subsequent modification by readers.
opaque
Not clearly understood or expressed.

opaque
ō-pāk′, adj. shady: dark: that cannot be seen through: not transparent.—adv. Opaque′ly.—n. Opaque′ness, quality of being opaque: want of transparency. [Fr.,—L. opacus.]