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opalic

opalic adjective: having a structure similar to that of opal.

Adjective

opalic (not comparable)

  1. Having a structure similar to that of opal
    • An opalic plasmonic sample, constituted by a hexagonal arrangement of metallized silica spheres, presents remarkable optical properties due to the mixing of periodic arrangement and singularities at the sphere touching points.2016, Clotilde Lethiec, Guillaume Binard, Trajan Popescu, Hugo Frederich, Phan Ngoc, Eduardo Yraola, Catherine Schwob, Fabrice Charra, Laurent Coolen, Ludovic Douillard, Agnès Maître, “Plasmonics of...

Origin of opalic

From opal + -ic.

Questions about opalic

What does opalic mean?
Opalic means having a structure similar to that of opal.
What part of speech is opalic?
Opalic is an adjective.

Words near opalic in the dictionary

  1. opalesque
  2. opaleye
  3. opaleyes
  4. opalfish
  5. Opalia
  6. opalic
  7. opaline
  8. opalines
  9. opalinid
  10. opalinids
  11. opalisation

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