"pleochroism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pleochroisms [plural]
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. Wikipedia link: pleochroism Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: dichroism, pleochroic, trichroism 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)

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