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pleochroisms

pleochroisms is the plural of pleochroism.

Meaning of pleochroism

Noun

pleochroism (countable and uncountable, plural pleochroisms)

  1. The optical phenomenon in some coloured, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline and opal) in which the colour changes when viewed from different directions.
  2. The presence of various colours in the cell wall.

Questions about pleochroisms

What is pleochroisms the plural of?
Pleochroisms is the plural of pleochroism.

Words near pleochroisms in the dictionary

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

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