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iridescency

iridescency is the alternative form of iridescence.

Meaning of iridescence

Noun

iridescence (countable and uncountable, plural iridescences)

  1. The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.
  2. Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.

Forms of iridescency

pluraliridescencies

Questions about iridescency

What is iridescency the alternative form of?
Iridescency is the alternative form of iridescence.

Words near iridescency in the dictionary

  1. iridesce
  2. iridesced
  3. iridescence
  4. iridescences
  5. iridescencies
  6. iridescency
  7. iridescent
  8. iridescent cloud
  9. iridescent clouds
  10. iridescent shark
  11. iridescent sharks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: iridescency (page history and authors); iridescence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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