English Explanatory Dictionary

pleochroism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The optical phenomenon in some coloured, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline and opal) in which the colour changes when viewed from different directions.
  2. The presence of various colours in the cell wall.

Word forms

pleochroism pleochroisms pleochromism

Related words

dichroism pleochroic trichroism
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