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idiophanous

idiophanous adjective: exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals do.

Adjective

idiophanous (comparative more idiophanous, superlative most idiophanous)

  1. Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals do.

Forms of idiophanous

comparativemore idiophanous
superlativemost idiophanous

Origin of idiophanous

From idio- + -phanous.

Questions about idiophanous

What does idiophanous mean?
Idiophanous means exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals do.
What part of speech is idiophanous?
Idiophanous is an adjective.

Words near idiophanous in the dictionary

  1. idiopathically
  2. idiopathicity
  3. idiopathies
  4. idiopaths
  5. idiopathy
  6. idiophanous
  7. idiophase
  8. idiophases
  9. idiophasic
  10. idiophone
  11. idiophones

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