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dichroisms

dichroisms is the plural of dichroism.

Meaning of dichroism

Noun

dichroism (countable and uncountable, plural dichroisms)

  1. The property of some crystals of transmitting different colors of light in different directions.
  2. The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism.
    • In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.2016, S. Hamed Shams Mousavi, Sajanlal R. Panikkanvalappil, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ali A. Eftekhar, Ali Adibi, “Large Enhancement of Circular Dichroism Using an Embossed Chiral Metamaterial”, in arXiv

Questions about dichroisms

What is dichroisms the plural of?
Dichroisms is the plural of dichroism.

Words near dichroisms in the dictionary

  1. dichroic
  2. dichroics
  3. dichroiscope
  4. dichroiscopes
  5. dichroism
  6. dichroisms
  7. dichroistic
  8. dichroite
  9. dichroites
  10. dichroitic
  11. dichromacy

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