Definition of pleochroisms Pleochroisms
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What does pleochroisms mean?
Part of speech
🔤- pleochroisms, noun, plural of pleochroism.
WordNet
NounPlural: pleochroisms |
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| pleochroism - the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions | ||
| optical phenomenon a physical phenomenon related to or involving light | ||
| dichroism pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pleochroism (Noun)
The optical phenomenon in some colored, transparent crystals such as tourmaline in which the color is different in different directions.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pleochroism (n.)
The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.
Part of speech
🔤- pleochroism, noun, singular of pleochroisms.
