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Definition of Opalesce
1. Verb. Reflect light or colors like an opal. "The coins opalesce "; "Raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce"
2. Verb. Exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal. "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions"
Definition of Opalesce
1. v. i. To give forth a play of colors, like the opal.
Definition of Opalesce
1. Verb. To be opalescent; to give forth a play of colours, like the opal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opalesce
1. to emit an iridescent shimmer of colors [v -ESCED, -ESCING, -ESCES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opalesce
Literary usage of Opalesce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by C. Remigius Fresenius (1897)
"The solutions which contain an oxygen acid, especially a little sulphuric acid,
in excess, opalesce with a bluish tint. If a cone of light is thrown into ..."
2. An elementary treatise on mineralogy and geology by Parker Cleaveland (1816)
"It is sometimes imperfectly imitated by artificial glasses : and substances,
which resemble tlie opal in its play of colors, are said to opalesce. 2. ..."
3. A Manual of Blow-pipe Analysis: And Determinative Mineralogy by William Elderhorst (1867)
"When pulverized, slowly but completely soluble in SPh ; the glass does not opalesce
on cooling. Hardness of chrysoberyl—8.5, of corundum=9 ; color of the ..."
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