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opacity vs optical opacity

optical opacity vs opacity

opacity and optical opacity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
opacity Yes No No No
optical opacity Yes No No No
As nouns, optical opacity is a hyponym of opacity; that is, optical opacity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than opacity:
  • opacity: the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
  • optical opacity: opacity to light
Other hyponyms of opacity include radio-opacity, radiopacity.
opacity (noun) optical opacity (noun)
the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light opacity to light
incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation
Difference between opacity and optical opacity

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