DICHROISM

dichroism

(noun) pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

dichroism (countable and uncountable, plural dichroisms)

The property of some crystals of transmitting different colours of light in different directions.

(physics) The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism.

Anagrams

• microdish

Source: Wiktionary


Di"chro*ism, n. Etym: [Gr. (Opt.)

Definition: The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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