iridescence
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Pronunciation
Noun
iridescence (countable and uncountable, plural iridescences)
- The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.
- Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.
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Translations
The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color
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Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors
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References
- “iridescence”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “iridescence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.