Opacity
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Definition:
Opacity is the measure of how opaque or see-through a graphic or a piece of paper is. The more fibers or fillers in a paper, the more opaque (less see-through) it will be. Thinner papers can be made more opaque with opacifying thickeners. Graphics opacity is controlled in a graphics program when layering images on top of each other.
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