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Meanings of iridescence in inglês

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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"
1
It gathered Throckmartin to it, clothed him in a robe of living opalescence.
The Moon Pool
2
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
4
The relux glowed, and the opalescence shifted with bewildering, confusing colors.
Invaders from the Infinite
5
A diffused glow of opalescence ran over every ship-savethe giant.
Invaders from the Infinite
Usage of iridescence in inglês
1
But it wasn't so much the water flow as the sunny iridescence.
The new yorker
2
He notes that iridescence heightens the value of color in adaptive display.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
3
The grey cobwebs swayed at the windows, sunset touching them to iridescence.
A Spinner in the Sun
4
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
6
Now he's photographing melted bismuth, a metal he prizes for its iridescence.
Wired
7
Shining on Lylda's body, it tremendously enhanced the iridescence of her skin.
The Girl in the Golden Atom
8
It was absolutely taut and smooth, its chitin a shimmering black iridescence.
Perdido Street Station
9
His watercolour on paper must take on the iridescence of mist.
The Guardian
10
The iridescence of her skin gleamed under the flaming red of her cheeks.
The Girl in the Golden Atom
11
The iridescence of the rippling water over the rainbow-coloured pebbles is very lovely.
The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère
12
The sun was reflected from its myriad angles and facets in splendid iridescence.
The Iron Trail
13
In sunlight, her black hair had the bluish iridescence of a ripe plum.
Judith of the Plains
14
They vanished-absorbedagain by the rushing waters-andother bubbles rose in precarious iridescence.
The Wings of the Morning
15
The javelins of flame shot through it continually, making a web of iridescence.
Old Rose and Silver
16
Presently the moon became covered by a cloud, and the iridescence died away.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
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Iridescence through the time
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