Definition of Opalescence. Meaning of Opalescence. Synonyms of Opalescence

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Definition of Opalescence

Opalescence
Opalescence O`pal*es"cence, n. (Min.) A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent.

Meaning of Opalescence from wikipedia

- Opalescence or play of color is an optical phenomenon ****ociated with the mineraloid gemstone opal, a hydrated silicon dioxide. This effect appears as...
- In physics, critical opalescence refers to the dramatic increase in scattering of light in the region of a continuous, or second-order, phase transition...
- 1908 he was the first physicist to ascribe the phenomenon of critical opalescence to large density fluctuations. His investigations explained the blue...
- Colloidal silica gel with light opalescence...
- explains why the sky is blue. Einstein quantitatively derived critical opalescence from a treatment of density fluctuations, and demonstrated how both the...
- po****rly known as "cat's eye". This variety exhibits pleasing chatoyancy or opalescence that reminds one of the eye of a cat. When cut to produce a cabochon...
- bone ash to lead-crystal, creating a semi-opaque gl**** with reddish opalescence. Opaline gl**** gets its distinctive iridescent milkiness from opacifying...
- valuable as they do not have opalescence. Black opals and other precious opals are rarer, but much more valuable for their opalescence and other desirable optical...
- term opalescence is commonly used to describe this unique and beautiful phenomenon, which in gemology is termed play of color. In gemology, opalescence is...
- Dichroism Iridocyte Labradorescence (Adularescence) Metallic colour Opalescence Structural colour Thin-film optics Nacre Opal "Online Etymology Dictionary"...