obscuration
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obscuration
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From Latin obscūrātiō. By surface analysis, obscure + -ation.
noun obscurations
- The state of being obscured. Money is miraculous. What miraculous facilities has it yielded, will it yield us; but also what never-imagined confusions, obscurations has it brought in; down almost to total extinction of the moral-sense in large masses of mankind!
- A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.
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noun the act or state of being obscured
| Español | obscurecimiento |
|---|---|
| Français | obscurcissement |
Talk about this word "obscuration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/obscuration. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. obscuration. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/obscuration "obscuration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/obscuration.Cite this
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title = {obscuration},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
