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opaque

1. not transmitting radiant energy, such as electromagnetic or corpuscular radiation, or sound
2. Photog an opaque pigment used to block out particular areas on a negative
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opaque

Impervious to the transmission of visible light.
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Mr Goya said 350 jobs were lost since 2009 due to a number of reasons which included the closure of opaque and clear beer depots in Palapye, Lobatse and Selebi Phikwe.
Through an Opaque Window takes a solid view through the open windows of marital life, looking at what happens when we leave our lives ajar.
"Asia Pacific and North America are key regions in the opaque polymers market."
The variables we chose to create the dataset are the year of manufacture of the building, the area of the building, its two GPS coordinates, and the thermal transmittance of the opaque area of the envelope (U-opaque).
* Radion LED--UV LED-cure litho and web offset inks available in process colors, Pantone colors and opaque white.
Famille rose is characterized by an opaque, glassy, white enamel used as the base for colouring garments or flower petals.
* Bio-Flex FX 1821 (10% biobased), FX 1823 (30% biobased) and FX 1824 (40% biobased) grades are all opaque. They boast very good tear resistance and toughness.
Eifrig first confirmed that opaque substance derives from residual lens epithelial cells (LECs) for relatively high alpha-crystallin and low albumin levels [6].
Sandra (1990) found that transparent compounds benefited from prior exposure to a semantically related prime (e.g, milkman was aided by exposure to workman), but that opaque compounds did not (e.g, butterfly was not aided by exposure to the word bread).
Cells from white isolates were smaller in size and had a smooth surface and while cells from pink isolates were larger in size and had a rough surface [Figure 2], which we identified as opaque phase.
Opaque HMDs such as Google Glass, Vuzix and the Brother Airscouter assign a certain part of the user's display for graphics and text.
In addition, the company is reportedly the largest integrated marketer and manufacturer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America with recognized brands including Cougar, Lynx Opaque Ultra, Husky Opaque Offset, First Choice, EarthChoice and Xerox Paper and Specialty Media.