Examples of “opacity” in a Sentence

noun The degree to which something blocks light or cannot be seen through; the quality of being opaque.

• The glass is treated to give it enough opacity for a bathroom window.

noun In graphics software and CSS, a numerical setting controlling how solid an element appears, where the maximum value is fully solid and zero is invisible.

• Increase the opacity of the layer until the watermark disappears.
• Set the overlay to 0.6 opacity so the photo still reads underneath.
• At 50% opacity the drop shadow looks far more natural.

noun The quality of being obscure, hard to understand or deliberately unclear.

• The opacity of the funding arrangements is what worries auditors most.