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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'opaque' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions opaque adjective  neither reflecting nor emitting light . allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent (metaphore) unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of (metaphore) obtuse, stupid (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. Translations:  Dutch: opaak, ondoorschijnend French: opaque Italian: opaco , opaca Etymology: From opacus "shaded, shady, dark", itself of unknown origin, originally spelled opake, and in the 17th century respelled after the cognate French, opaque.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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