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chlorophane

chlorophane noun: a variety of fluorspar, which, when heated, gives a striking emerald-green light.

Noun

chlorophane (countable and uncountable, plural chlorophanes)

  1. A variety of fluorspar, which, when heated, gives a striking emerald-green light.
    • CHLOROPHANE. The Amelia Court House, Va., locality yields a bluegreen fluorescing chlorophane. Kunz and Baskerville qualitatively studied the emission from Chlorophane in 1903. (See also the discussion for Fluorite which is also […]2013, Jack DeMent, Handbook of Fluorescent Gems and Minerals - An Exposition and Catalog of the Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Gems and Minerals, Including the Use of Ultraviolet Light in the Earth...
    • Chlorophane is the name given to those varieties of Fluorite (Fluorspar Calcium Fluoride), which possess to a noticeable extent the property of “thermo-luminosity ," that is to say, of spontaneous_' emitting light when heated. The temperature […]1904, Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science, page 72
  2. The yellowish-green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina.

chlorophane meaning in Tamil

chlorophane in Tamil

விழித்திரைப் பசுமஞ்சள் நிறமி

Forms of chlorophane

pluralchlorophanes

Origin of chlorophane

From chloro- + -phane. Compare French chlorophane.

Questions about chlorophane

What does chlorophane mean?
Chlorophane means a variety of fluorspar, which, when heated, gives a striking emerald-green light.
What is chlorophane in Tamil?
Chlorophane in Tamil is விழித்திரைப் பசுமஞ்சள் நிறமி. See Chlorophane meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chlorophane?
Chlorophane is a noun.
What is the plural of chlorophane?
The plural of chlorophane is chlorophanes.

Words near chlorophane in the dictionary

  1. chloroperoxyls
  2. chloropesticide
  3. chloropesticides
  4. chlorophacinone
  5. chlorophaeite
  6. chlorophane
  7. chlorophanes
  8. chlorophenical
  9. chlorophenol
  10. chlorophenols
  11. chlorophenothane

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