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pleochroic halos

pleochroic halos 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 halos

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

Words near pleochroic halos in the dictionary

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

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