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Meaning of PLEOCHROISM

Pronunciation:  plee'âkrow`izum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions
 
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 See Also: dichroism, optical phenomenon, trichroism

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ple*och"ro*ism\, n. [Gr.? mor? + ? color.]
(Crystallog.)
The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different
colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.
 

 

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