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pleochroic haloes

pleochroic haloes is the plural of pleochroic halo.

Meaning of pleochroic halo

Noun

pleochroic halo (plural pleochroic halos or pleochroic haloes)

  1. A microscopic spherical region in which there is a change in color from the surrounding mineral, due to radiation damage from alpha particles.

Questions about pleochroic haloes

What is pleochroic haloes the plural of?
Pleochroic haloes is the plural of pleochroic halo.

Words near pleochroic haloes in the dictionary

  1. pleoanamorphism
  2. pleoanamorphy
  3. pleocellular
  4. pleochroic
  5. pleochroic halo
  6. pleochroic haloes
  7. pleochroic halos
  8. pleochroism
  9. pleochroisms
  10. pleochroistic
  11. pleochromatic

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