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irisation

irisation noun: a colorful optical phenomenon seen in iridescent clouds and on the borders of lenticular clouds resembling those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface.

irisation: a colorful optical phenomenon seen in iridescent clouds and on the borders of lenticular clouds...
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Noun

irisation (countable and uncountable, plural irisations)

  1. A colorful optical phenomenon seen in iridescent clouds and on the borders of lenticular clouds resembling those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface.

Forms of irisation

pluralirisations

Questions about irisation

What does irisation mean?
Irisation means a colorful optical phenomenon seen in iridescent clouds and on the borders of lenticular clouds resembling those seen in soap bubbles and oil on a water surface.
What part of speech is irisation?
Irisation is a noun.
What is the plural of irisation?
The plural of irisation is irisations.

Words near irisation in the dictionary

  1. iris-skippers
  2. Irisan
  3. irisate
  4. irisated
  5. irisating
  6. irisation
  7. irisations
  8. iriscope
  9. iriscopes
  10. irised
  11. irises

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