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Opacity

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004002

The measure of how impervious a material is to the transmission of light, indicating its ability to block or absorb light rather than transmit it. A perfectly opaque material transmits no light. It is the inverse of transparency and is often expressed as a percentage or a dimensionless value.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004002
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectOptics and imaging
TranslationsGerman: Deckkraft; Spanish: opacidad; French: opacité
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004002",
  "term": "Opacity",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The measure of how impervious a material is to the transmission of light, indicating its ability to block or absorb light rather than transmit it. A perfectly opaque material transmits no light. It is the inverse of transparency and is often expressed as a percentage or a dimensionless value.",
  "subject": "Optics and imaging",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Deckkraft",
    "es": "opacidad",
    "fr": "opacité"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/opacity/"
}

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