Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A former spelling of
opaque .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective See
opaque .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
opaque .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Derefore teh kitteh u cannot b seeing because it b inbizibble is 0% adn deh mostest opake kitteh be 100%.
opacity - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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All the lights of the small theatre of the exhibition were removed, except one hanging lamp, which could be drawn up so that its flame should be perfectly enveloped in a cylindrical chimney, or opake [sic] shade.
Smoke and Mirrors: Internalizing the Magic Lantern show in _Vilette_ 2005
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The axis of vision is not coincident with the axis of things, and so they appear not transparent but opake.
Nature 2006
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Blue-black; abdomen with a changeable iridescent pile; head and thorax with a black velvety pubescence; the metathorax very finely rugose and opake; the legs simple; the posterior tibiæ villose within; the wings very dark brown, with a splendid violet and blue iridescence.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Black; the head and thorax very closely punctured and opake, the head slightly shining on the vertex; the antennæ beneath and the apical half of the mandibles ferruginous, the latter black at their tips; the clypeus yellow at the sides, and coarsely rugose in front.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Black, punctured and opake; the clypeus terminating in a sharp-pointed angle; the base and apex of the mandibles rufo-piceous; the scape ferruginous in front; the face with a thin, fine, griseous pubescence.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Head and thorax very coarsely punctured; head and disk of the thorax punctured; the metathorax opake, with a central abbreviated channel and covered with large shallow punctures; the eyes notched on their inner margin; wings fuscous and iridescent; the tegulæ smooth and shining.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Black and shining; the vertex highly polished; the front from the posterior ocelli forwards closely punctured and opake; the mandibles, scape, and basal joint of the flagellum ferruginous.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Thorax shining and finely punctured; the metathorax opake and covered with long, loose, black pubescence; the legs shining, the posterior tibiæ with shining grey pile within; wings brown, darkest at their base.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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The base of the abdomen opake, velvety, purple-black; the first segment with a transverse cream-coloured fascia in the middle, the second very slightly whitish at its base; the rest of the abdomen is highly polished, and has a scattered, short, black pubescence.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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