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Meaning of DICHROISM

Pronunciation:  'dIkrow`izum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di"chro*ism\, n. [Gr. ? two-colored; di- = di`s-
twice + ? color.] (Opt.)
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.
 

 

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