A white person; paddy: He was a ''cream'' in a car full of home boys and bloods from the black projects (1980s+ Black) verb. To cheat or deprive someone of something, esp by silky glibness: I got creamed out of the hotel spot in Ohio/ a smoothie who wolfed on a friend and creamed his lady (1920s+)
opaque in British English. See all translations. uk â /ÉÊËpeÉªk/ us â /oÊËpeÉªk/. âº preventing light from travelling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent: opaque glass/tights.
Opacity (optics) Opacity is the measure of impenetrability to electromagnetic or other kinds of radiation, especially visible light. In radiative transfer, it describes the absorption and scattering of radiation in a medium, such as a plasma, dielectric, shielding material, glass, etc. An opaque object is neither transparent nor translucent. When light strikes an interface between two substances, in general some may be reflected, some absorbed, some scattered, and the rest transmitted. Reflection can be diffuse,