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Opaque

opaque

impervious to light; not translucent or only slightly so.

Compare: radiopaque.

Origin: Fr. Fr. L. Opacus, shady


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Mutagenesis e UV

... I see various light powers offered : 9W, 11W, 36W. The question is : which power would be best? On a more practical approach: for seeds with opaque teguments, am I to dissect them to let the UV light pass through the inner cells, or is it able to go through naturally? Many thanks for your ...

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by Dhyâna
Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:07 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mutagenesis e UV
Replies: 0
Views: 240

Evolution of Faith

... of faith. In the documentary they showed tests comparing chimps to human children (about 6 years old if I remember correctly). They were given an opaque box with some pointless "locks" (not knowing that they were pointless) that they have to push with a tool and at the end they got candy ...

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by HappyProletariat
Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:27 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution of Faith
Replies: 2
Views: 481

Preserving flower

It sounds like it might work, but I would think all bets are off once the wax burned down and exposed the flower. Also candle wax is pretty opaque, might not show off your prized flower as you like. Best bet is a 8 by 10 glossy :)

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by MichaelXY
Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:04 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Preserving flower
Replies: 4
Views: 1209

lipid optics

... thanks for indulging me. I was having a glass of wine over candlelight and I noticed that the liquid wax was completely transparent but turned opaque when when the wax solidified. Why does this happen? Clearly, when the molecules reorganize during the freezing phase transition they begin to ...

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by dae
Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:51 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: lipid optics
Replies: 1
Views: 445

melonin question

It's opaque to light.

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by mith
Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:11 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: melonin question
Replies: 4
Views: 2295
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