What's the difference between clarity and opacity?

Clarity


Definition:

  • (n.) Clearness; brightness; splendor.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Furthermore, the backing away from any specific yield targets is exactly the lack of clarity that the FX market will not like."
  • (2) Correction of structure mottle helps enhance the image clarity.
  • (3) The modified CIRS was operationalized with a manual of guidelines geared toward the geriatric patient and for clarity was designated the CIRS(G).
  • (4) O'Donnell said he had decided to publish his guidance now to ensure there was clarity before the election.
  • (5) Already much work has been done to re-establish enduring components for Labour's electoral success: clarity of strategy, effective rebuttal, and superior field organisation with our network of community organisers.
  • (6) This technique results in a marked improvement in corneal clarity and visualization of anterior chamber structures.
  • (7) Businesses need a framework – clarity and stability.
  • (8) Everything that was, is more: brutality, injustice, poverty, anger; but also clarity, knowledge, understanding and, possibly, determination.
  • (9) Analysis of the clinical performance of the media indicated that in 82% of the traces water was equal to or better than gel in clarity, and in 90% of traces water was equal to or better than gel in suitability for diagnosis.
  • (10) There is less clarity on the effects of stress on survival rates of cancer patients.
  • (11) The orbital contents are also displayed with clarity equivalent to that obtained in man.
  • (12) To lend clarity to this discrepancy, we collected 40 serum samples before and after blood transfusion therapy of first-time cadaveric renal allograft recipients and evaluated each for T cell and B cell cytotoxic antibodies using an Amos modified complement-dependent microlymphocytotoxicity assay.
  • (13) Governor Mark Carney and his colleagues on the monetary policy committee had already faced criticism after sidelining a "forward guidance" policy – designed to bring clarity over the path of interest rates – just six months after its introduction.
  • (14) The data demonstrate with clarity that neurons containing both the mRNA for OX and the peptide CRF are present in subpopulations of magnocellular and parvocellular neurons of the PVN.
  • (15) We call for a more structured policy for tall buildings, with transparency for the public and clarity for developers.
  • (16) The reliability of magnitude-estimation scaling as a measure of overall clarity of speech was investigated.
  • (17) When he speaks he does so with clarity and conviction, a quiet authority, and with rare understanding and analysis.
  • (18) This now requires clarity about standards and expectations, that these are monitored and where necessary practice is challenged, and that there is a substantial programme in place to audit and report on practice, and training and briefings to skill up workers to practise well.
  • (19) The purpose of this Perspective is to provide some clarity to this rapidly evolving area of selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors.
  • (20) These findings demonstrate that differentiating children by sibling network type does offer some clarity to our understanding of the complex association between gender and patterns of parent-care.

Opacity


Definition:

  • (n.) The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.
  • (n.) Obscurity; want of clearness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Only seven films (or 0.7 percent of the entire cohort) showed nodular or rounded opacities of the type typically seen in uncomplicated silicosis.
  • (2) The results showed that dogfish lenses developed superficial opacities due to near-UV exposure.
  • (3) We examined 84 eyes with different lens opacities, the visual acuity was analysed in relation to the axial, cortical and capsular cataract.
  • (4) Presence of aspecific lens opacities also did not correlate with the risk of having inherited the DM gene.
  • (5) The opacity changes resulting from storage in water can be reduced by increasing the polymerization time.
  • (6) Correlation with high-resolution computed tomography in two patients indicated that this opacity represented a sagittal orientation of the anterior minor fissure, with resultant inferomedial curving of the right upper lobe of the lung along the right border of the heart.
  • (7) Complications of trachoma (trichiasis and opacities) were common in this age group compared to those under 6 years of age.
  • (8) In conclusion, obliteration of the inner margin of the central vein and the opacity that decreased the radiolucency extending to the peripheral side of the upper lobe bronchus are strongly suggestive of interlobar lymph node enlargement.
  • (9) Experiences with surgical treatment of chronic endogenous uveitis in human patients have shown that vision-impairing axial opacities in the vitreous body can be removed by pars plana vitrectomy, and that a considerable decrease in the frequency and severity of uveitic relapses results.
  • (10) There is all sorts of opacity which makes it easy for an employee to suffer retaliation.” Despite recent reforms to improve transparency and accountability, the organisation remains impervious to public scrutiny, with no established mechanism for freedom of information – a right which more than 100 governments around the world have enshrined in law, and is openly advocated by UN bodies such as Unesco.
  • (11) These include fibrosis with or without consolidation (n = 12), ground-glass opacities (n = 7), widespread bilateral consolidation (n = 2), and bronchial wall thickening with areas of decreased attenuation (n = 2).
  • (12) Breaks responsible for rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in 78 eyes could not be seen preoperatively owing to opacities in the media, previous buckling or other causes.
  • (13) Opacities increased with increasing concentrations of NaLS from 5 X 10(-4) M to 5 X 10(-2) M, but at 5 X 10(-1) M all corneal preparations showed a decrease in opacity.
  • (14) In an increasingly digital society, the justification for opacity in trade negotiations has met its demise, and it's time that we see modern legal instruments negotiated in a transparent and inclusive manner in order to get the best outcome for our country.
  • (15) However, liver function tests and eye examinations for possible lens opacities are advised, and further long term studies in larger groups of patients are necessary before the side effect profile of lovastatin will be clearly established.
  • (16) Electron microscopy of L1210 cells exposed a short time (90 min) to 0.21-21 microM DHAQ reveals segregation of nucleoli; the segregated granular portion shows increased electron opacity.
  • (17) Lenticular lesions were present in all but two of the 18 patients with detailed ocular examination, whereas corneal opacities were found more often in type II than type I disease.
  • (18) Each control animal also developed a local lens opacity at the site of the capsular tear, as did half the animals treated with the discrete pattern.
  • (19) A critical discussion of the different opinions on the significance of histological findings in relation to pulp tolerance is presented, and finally the significance of water uptake and radiological opacity is discussed.
  • (20) Concomitantly there were opacities seen on chest X-rays.