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Definition of Irised
1. a. Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
Definition of Irised
1. Adjective. Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irised
1. iris [v] - See also: iris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irised
Literary usage of Irised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An elementary treatise on mineralogy and geology by Parker Cleaveland (1816)
"We notice both changeable and irised colors in the same article, ... The exhibition
of changeable and irised colors, when the latter is not merely a tarnish ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1849)
"Arsenic becomes irised through the action of hydrogen from the atmosphere ...
These irised colours sometimes proceed from the absorption of oxygen and the ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1849)
"Cause of irised Colours on Minerals.—From M. Hausmann's valuable Memoir, sent to us.
on this branch of optical mineralogy, we gather that the irised colours ..."
4. An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Designed for the Use of Pupils by Parker Cleaveland (1822)
"We include both changeable and irised colors in the same article, ... The exhibition
of changeable and irised colors, when the latter is not merely a ..."
5. A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography by James Dwight Dana (1837)
"The tarnish is described as irised, when it exhibits the fixed prismatic colors.
Ex. specular iron ore from Elba. Variegated copper ore is an instance of ..."
6. The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1831)
"irised AURORA BOREALIS. The following particulars of a phenomenon of this kind
... Then pencils or rather columns,perfectly irised, were seen very strongly ..."
7. An elementary treatise on mineralogy and geology by Parker Cleaveland (1816)
"We notice both changeable and irised colors in the same article, ... The exhibition
of changeable and irised colors, when the latter is not merely a tarnish ..."
8. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1849)
"Arsenic becomes irised through the action of hydrogen from the atmosphere ...
These irised colours sometimes proceed from the absorption of oxygen and the ..."
9. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1849)
"Cause of irised Colours on Minerals.—From M. Hausmann's valuable Memoir, sent to us.
on this branch of optical mineralogy, we gather that the irised colours ..."
10. An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Designed for the Use of Pupils by Parker Cleaveland (1822)
"We include both changeable and irised colors in the same article, ... The exhibition
of changeable and irised colors, when the latter is not merely a ..."
11. A System of Mineralogy: Including an Extended Treatise on Crystallography by James Dwight Dana (1837)
"The tarnish is described as irised, when it exhibits the fixed prismatic colors.
Ex. specular iron ore from Elba. Variegated copper ore is an instance of ..."
12. The Journal of the Royal Institution of Great Britain by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1831)
"irised AURORA BOREALIS. The following particulars of a phenomenon of this kind
... Then pencils or rather columns,perfectly irised, were seen very strongly ..."
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