Radiodensity (or radiopacity) refers to the relative inability of electromagnetic radiation, particularly X-rays, to pass through a particular material.

A cold ball will also have a harder feel at impact and will fly lower because of the relative inability of the clubface to impress it.

AT&T said the selection of the seven states was determined by its relative inability to generate profits there, but some analysts contend that politics played a major role.

While self-criticism is often the very substance or soul of modern poetry, Jarrell showed "a relative inability or unwillingness to be very critical" of his work.

The report highlighted the legislature's dominance by the two houses' respective majority party leaders, and the relative inability of individual members and committees to move legislation.

As a general practice charbroilers are operated in the fully ON position, due to the relative inability to control surface temperature with the low range offered by the valves.

The report also noted the relative inability of the S.E.C. to pursue suspicious trading overseas.

This is perhaps due to the relative inability of younger-brood B-chicks to defend themselves against an A-chick attack.

But in the computerized image processing of motion pictures, there is the relative inability of the audience to distinguish between real and unreal.

Formal studies demonstrated the relative inability of these scanners in detecting objects-dangerous or not-on the person being scanned.