hieroglyphic vs opaque

hieroglyphic

adj
  • difficult to decipher 

  • of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols 

noun
  • Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol. 

  • Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph. 

  • A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus 

opaque

adj
  • Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of. 

  • Neither reflecting nor emitting light. 

  • Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent. 

  • Obtuse, stupid. 

  • Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators. 

noun
  • Something which is opaque rather than translucent. 

verb
  • To make, render (more) opaque. 

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