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Significados de iridescence en inglés

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Property in which fine colors, changeable with the angle of view or angle of illumination, are produced on a surface by the interference of light that is reflected from both the front and back of a thin film.

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iridescència

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

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Examples for "opalescence"
Examples for "opalescence"
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It gathered Throckmartin to it, clothed him in a robe of living opalescence.
The Moon Pool
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The sky was changing from a cold grey to the opalescence of dawn.
There was a King in Egypt
3
As they faded, a milky opalescence formed in the centre of the room.
Childhood's End
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The relux glowed, and the opalescence shifted with bewildering, confusing colors.
Invaders from the Infinite
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A diffused glow of opalescence ran over every ship-savethe giant.
Invaders from the Infinite
Uso de iridescence en inglés
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But it wasn't so much the water flow as the sunny iridescence.
The new yorker
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He notes that iridescence heightens the value of color in adaptive display.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
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The grey cobwebs swayed at the windows, sunset touching them to iridescence.
A Spinner in the Sun
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But the fine gradations, the iridescence of feeling, mocks at verbal definition.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
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There was no sun to pour a liquid iridescence through their wings.
Angel Island
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Now he's photographing melted bismuth, a metal he prizes for its iridescence.
Wired
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Shining on Lylda's body, it tremendously enhanced the iridescence of her skin.
The Girl in the Golden Atom
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It was absolutely taut and smooth, its chitin a shimmering black iridescence.
Perdido Street Station
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His watercolour on paper must take on the iridescence of mist.
The Guardian
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The iridescence of her skin gleamed under the flaming red of her cheeks.
The Girl in the Golden Atom
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The iridescence of the rippling water over the rainbow-coloured pebbles is very lovely.
The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère
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The sun was reflected from its myriad angles and facets in splendid iridescence.
The Iron Trail
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In sunlight, her black hair had the bluish iridescence of a ripe plum.
Judith of the Plains
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They vanished-absorbedagain by the rushing waters-andother bubbles rose in precarious iridescence.
The Wings of the Morning
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The javelins of flame shot through it continually, making a web of iridescence.
Old Rose and Silver
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Presently the moon became covered by a cloud, and the iridescence died away.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
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Iridescence a través del tiempo
Iridescence por variante geográfica
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