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Opalescence   Listen
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Opalescence  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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Opalescence" Quotes from Famous Books



... too, crouched, considering the situation, and glaring at his slender black antagonist. The mink's small eyes were lit with a smouldering, ruddy glow, sinister and implacable; while rage and pain had cast over the eyes of the fox a peculiar green opalescence. ...
— Kings in Exile • Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

... is reached, a very slight opalescence may be noted in the fluid, due to the precipitation of dibasic phosphates. After the true end-point is reached, the further addition of about 0.5 c.c. of the decinormal soda solution will produce a deep magenta colour (Fig. 98, c), which is the so-called ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre



Words linked to "Opalescence" :   opalescent, brightness, opalesce



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