Transparent vs. Opaque

Transparentadjective

(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.

Transparentadjective

(of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.

Transparentadjective

Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.

Transparentadjective

(signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.

Transparentadjective

Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; - opposed to opaque.

Transparentadjective

Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil.

Transparentadjective

transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity;

Transparentadjective

so thin as to transmit light;

Transparentadjective

free of deceit

Transparentadjective

easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety);

Opaqueadjective

Neither reflecting nor emitting light.

Opaqueadjective

Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.

Opaqueadjective

(figuratively) Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of

Opaqueadjective

(figuratively) Obtuse, stupid.

Opaqueadjective

(computing) Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.

Opaquenoun

An area of darkness; a place or region with no light.

Opaquenoun

Something which is opaque rather than translucent.

Opaqueverb

(transitive) To make, render (more) opaque.

Opaqueadjective

Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.

Opaqueadjective

Obscure; not clear; unintelligible.

Opaquenoun

That which is opaque; opacity.

Opaqueadjective

not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy;

Opaqueadjective

not clearly understood or expressed