Iridescence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality or state of being iridescent.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.
  • n. Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow, especially a surface reflection which changes color with the angle at which the object is viewed; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color. It is due to interference of light waves reflected from the front and back surfaces of a thin layer transparent or semitransparent film.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The condition of being iridescent; exhibition of alternating or intermingling colors like those of the rainbow, as in mother-of-pearl, where it is an effect of interference (see interference, 5); any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brightness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    opalescence    reflet    iris    irisation    nacreousness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    luminescence    phosphorescence    sheen    luster    shimmer   
     
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