opalescence
IPA: ˈoʊpʌɫˈɛsʌns
noun
- the state of being opalescent
- (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
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Examples of "opalescence" in Sentences
- The sunlight made opalescence across the sky.
- Is it in anyway related to critical opalescence
- A diffused glow of opalescence ran over every ship.
- Critical opalescence is visually more or less smooth.
- They reached out, touched the heavy relux of the fort, and it exploded into opalescence that was hazily white, the colors shifted so quickly.
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