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reflectin

reflectin noun: a protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin.

Noun

reflectin (countable and uncountable, plural reflectins)

  1. A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin

Forms of reflectin

pluralreflectins

Origin of reflectin

From reflect + -in.

Questions about reflectin

What does reflectin mean?
Reflectin means a protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin.
What part of speech is reflectin?
Reflectin is a noun.
What is the plural of reflectin?
The plural of reflectin is reflectins.

Words near reflectin in the dictionary

  1. reflecters
  2. reflectest
  3. reflecteth
  4. reflectibility
  5. reflectible
  6. reflectin
  7. reflecting
  8. reflecting circle
  9. reflecting circles
  10. reflecting microscope
  11. reflecting microscopes

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