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Webster 1913 Edition


Opacity

O-pac′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
opacitas
: cf. F. opacité.]
1.
The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.
2.
Obscurity; want of clearness.
Bp. Hall.

Webster 1828 Edition


Opacity

OPAC'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. opacitas.]
1.
Opakeness; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency. Opacity may exist in bodies of any color.
2.
Darkness; obscurity.