"pleochroism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pleochroisms [plural], pleochromism [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pleochroism (countable and uncountable, plural pleochroisms)
  1. (physics) The optical phenomenon in some coloured, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline and opal) in which the colour changes when viewed from different directions. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (optical phenomenon): polixroizm (Azerbaijani), pleocroisme [masculine] (Catalan), 多色性 (duōsèxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 多色性 (tashokusei) (alt: たしょくせい) (Japanese), плеохроизм (pleoxroizm) (Kazakh), 다색성 (dasaekseong) (alt: 多色性) (Korean), ട്രൈക്ക്രോയിസം (ṭraikkrōyisaṁ) (Malayalam), pleocroísmo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pleochroism-en-noun-EsZQ8gJV Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'optical phenomenon': 93 7
  2. (biology) The presence of various colours in the cell wall. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pleochroism-en-noun-jjNf5MCd Categories (other): Biology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 32 68 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dichroism, pleochroic, trichroism

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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