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opalescences

opalescences is the plural of opalescence.

Meaning of opalescence

Noun

opalescence (countable and uncountable, plural opalescences)

  1. the state of being opalescent
  2. the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index

Questions about opalescences

What is opalescences the plural of?
Opalescences is the plural of opalescence.

Words near opalescences in the dictionary

  1. opal pseudomorphs
  2. opaled
  3. opalesce
  4. opalesced
  5. opalescence
  6. opalescences
  7. opalescent
  8. opalescent nudibranch
  9. opalescent nudibranchs
  10. opalescently
  11. opalesces

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