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opaque
/ə(ʊ)ˈpeɪk/
adjective
1 Not able to be seen through; not transparent.
1.1 (especially of language) hard or impossible to understand.
noun
1 An opaque thing.
1.1 Photography mass noun A substance for producing opaque areas on negatives.
Origin
Late
Middle English opake, from Latin opacus ‘darkened’. The current
spelling (rare before the 19th century) has been influenced by the
French form.
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