Opaque
Opaque adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.
See through is an antonym for opaque.
Nearby Words: opaqueness, opaquely
See through
See through verb - Perceive the true nature of.
Both terms in one sentence
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You can see through Kamina's shades in one panel and then they're opaque in another.
Source: Webcomic / DOUBLE K -
Averted in the Splinter Cell series, where you can't see through walls or objects with infrared - even enough air provides an opaque obstacle as its lower temperature masks the heat from the target.
Source: Infrared X-Ray Camera -
The latter is also strangely inconsistent: it can see through thin walls but windows, objects and sufficient quantities of air are (realistically) opaque.
Source: Night-Vision Goggles
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