Opacity Opacity

Opacity - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Dark, Density, Equivocation, Fog

A substance or object that is opaque is neither transparent nor translucent. It does not allow light to pass through it. The property of being opaque is called opacity. Degrees of opacity are converse to degrees of transparency.

In science the phrase "an opacity" may be used to describe an opaque object.

Opacity is often used as a metaphor, for example in describing written and spoken language. Here opaque means confusing or unintelligible. In politics, governmental decision-making that is not conducted publicly may be called opaque. (See Transparency (humanities).)

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Example Usage of Opacity
rmaksim: Opacity - How to set the Opacity of an element in IE (6-7-8). http://yousticker.com/css/sticker/20029
jrtashjian: @jakeprzespo everywhere really... You got the cursor changing but no other visual changes. Such as, underline, color change, Opacity, etc...
keytweeter: e is anotactualactually it looks the same i thin↵k↵here is an example:↵you have 256 circles on top of each other↵they each have on Opacity o
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