opalescence
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
O`pal*es"cence
[edit] Noun
opalescence (uncountable)
- the state of being opalescent
- (physics) the 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
[edit] References
- opalescence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
