iridescence

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I0230100 (ĭr′ĭ-dĕs′əns)n. The quality or state of being iridescent.

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the state or condition of being colored like a rainbow or like the light shining through a prism. — iridescent, adj.See also: Color, Light

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iridescence - the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surfaceopalescencebrightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

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彩虹色

iridescent

(iriˈdesnt) adjective shining or glittering with the colours of the rainbow. Soap bubbles are iridescent. 彩虹色的，闪光的 ˌiriˈdescence noun彩虹色

iridescence

(ĭr'ədĕs`əns), exhibition of rainbowlike colors on a surface. It usually results from interferenceinterference,
in physics, the effect produced by the combination or superposition of two systems of waves, in which these waves reinforce, neutralize, or in other ways interfere with each other.
..... Click the link for more information. when light composed of different wavelengths is reflected from the superficial layers of organic or inorganic substances, e.g., minerals, mother-of-pearl, and the feathers of birds. Iridescence greatly enhances the value of certain gems.

iridescence

[‚ir·ə′des·əns] (optics) A rainbow color effect exhibited in various bodies as a result of interference in a thin film (as of soap bubbles or mother of pearl) or of diffraction of light reflected from a ribbed surface (as of the plumage of some birds).

iridescence

The appearance of the rainbowlike colors that are occasionally observed in high clouds. Also known as irisation.

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noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface

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