Opalescence

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.Nounthe state of being opalescent

2.Nounthe milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index

Synonyms

iridescence opalisation critical opalescence opaline semiopal opal fire opal adularescence albescence quincite goniochromism pleochroism

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