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Opaque is the term used to describe an object or substance that stops all light passing.

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Q: What word do you use for objects that do not let light pass through them?
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What word describes a materail that does not let light through?

A material that will not allow the transmission of light is called an opaque material.


What is word for Through which light can not pass?

Opaque.


What word is used for materials that light cannot pass through?

The word is opaque.


What word lets all light pass through?

transparent


What is the word for light cannot pass through can't see through?

The word you're looking for is opaque.


What word is used for materials that light can pass through?

Transparent materials allow light to freely pass through them. Translucent materials also allow light to pass through them, but change the colour of the light.


What is the word for when light travels through something?

Transparent. It lets light go through and so you can see through it to. Also, the word Diaphanous can be used. Definition: to allow light to pass through; delicate


What word describes an object that allows some light through?

Transparent objects allow the complete passage of light. No light goes through an opaque object. Between these two extremes, objects are said to be translucent.


What is the word for a substance that lets almost all of the light pass through it easily?

Transparent


What word is it when light can't pass through a block of wood?

You would say that the wood is opaque.


What starting with o' describes a material that light cannot pass through?

The word you're looking for is opaque.


What do you call something that blocks light?

OPAQUE is the word that describes an object or substance that blocks light (or other energy form). TRANSLUCENT describes objects that allow transmission of light, but scatter it from the original form or direction. TRANSPARENT describes objects that allow the passage of light, usually optically clear substances such as glass.