as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the opacity of the abstract painter's works simply baffles many gallery visitors
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How Blockchain Can Solve AI’s Challenges While AI’s potential is revolutionary, its centralized nature and opacity create significant concerns.
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Tonya Evans, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
From there, the teams took ownership of the 30% opacity wallpapers.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
The opacity of such intelligence assessments, whether to journalists or to lawmakers, inevitably opens opportunities for political spin.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Perspective grids also have adjustable opacity, density, and color.
—PCMAG, 9 Oct. 2024
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Tonya Evans, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
From there, the teams took ownership of the 30% opacity wallpapers.
—Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
The opacity of such intelligence assessments, whether to journalists or to lawmakers, inevitably opens opportunities for political spin.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Perspective grids also have adjustable opacity, density, and color.
—PCMAG, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Opacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opacity. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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