relucencies
relucencies is the plural of relucency.
Meaning of relucency
Noun
relucency (countable and uncountable, plural relucencies)
- Dispersion of light within the eye (leading to loss of focus), a typical symptom of cataracts.
- Each has a complex cellular structure, which leads to some internal dispersion of light, a feature called ‘relucency’. The more dense the optical structure is, the greater is its relucency. Relucency is a measure of the heterogeneity of a medium. There is no relucency in quality glass.1981, Frederick Carson Rodger, Eye Disease in the Tropics: A Practical Textbook for Developing Countries, Churchill Livingstone, →ISBN, page 3
Questions about relucencies
- What is relucencies the plural of?
- Relucencies is the plural of relucency.
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