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Definition of Opalescence
1. Noun. The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface.
Generic synonyms: Brightness
Derivative terms: Iridesce, Iridescent, Iridescent, Opalesce, Opalesce, Opalescent
Definition of Opalescence
1. n. A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent.
Definition of Opalescence
1. Noun. the state of being opalescent ¹
2. Noun. (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 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opalescence
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Opalescence
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Opalescence
Literary usage of Opalescence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1918)
"The opalescence of Protein Solutions; the Tyndall Effect — The majority of ...
Even when the opalescence is very small, when the solution is viewed at right ..."
2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"Nearly all the results in this paper, then, were obtained by comparing a single
tube of opalescence with a standard glass, and it is evident that the ..."
3. A Treatise on the External, Chemical and Physical Characters of Minerals by Robert Jameson (1817)
"The opalescence. Some minerals, when held in particular directions, reflect from
single spots in their interior a coloured shining lustre, and this is what ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"2 " opalescence greatly increased. (6) oi oi o i" opalescence less than (al or
... 2 " opalescence increased, much less than (a) but more than in (c) with ..."
5. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1910)
"opalescence AND THE FUNCTION OF B,03 IN THE GLAZE. ... Examination of the trials
seemed to indicate that opalescence was not a function of the quantity of ..."
6. Mineralogy According to the Natural History System: Forming the Article by Robert Jameson (1837)
"5. Opaque, When, even on the thinnest edges of a mi - nerai, no light passes
through, it is said to be opaque, as in chalk. IX. opalescence. ..."
7. Colour: An Elementary Manual for Students by Arthur Herbert Church (1891)
"opalescence AND TURBID MEDIA CLOUD, FOG, AND MIST FLUORESCENCE ... the particles
or globules be sufficiently fine, we observe the phenomena of opalescence. ..."
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