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tenebrescences

tenebrescences is the plural of tenebrescence.

Meaning of tenebrescence

Noun

tenebrescence (usually uncountable, plural tenebrescences)

  1. (usually) Reversible photochromism; the ability of a material to change colour when exposed to sunlight.
    • Most fundamental investigations of tenebrescence have dealt exclusively with the alkali halides, since, in addition to their relative simplicity, they were readily available in large single crystals of high optical purity. The reversible discoloration of alkali halides was originally observed by E....1954, The American Mineralogist, volume 39, page 616

Questions about tenebrescences

What is tenebrescences the plural of?
Tenebrescences is the plural of tenebrescence.

Words near tenebrescences in the dictionary

  1. tendu
  2. tendus
  3. Tenebrae
  4. tenebral
  5. tenebrescence
  6. tenebrescences
  7. tenebrescent
  8. tenebricose
  9. tenebrific
  10. tenebrificous
  11. tenebrionid

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