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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
opaque
    adj 1: not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy;
           impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail";
           "opaque to X-rays" [ant: clear]
    2: not clearly understood or expressed [syn: opaque,
       unintelligible]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Opaque \O*paque"\, n.
   That which is opaque; opacity. --Young.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Opaque \O*paque"\, a. [F., fr. L. opacus. Cf. Opacous.]
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   1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an
      opaque substance.
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   2. Obscure; not clear; unintelligible. [Colloq.]
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