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trichroism

trichroism noun: the property of some optically anisotropic crystals of transmitting different colours of light in three different spatial directions.

Noun

trichroism (uncountable)

  1. The property of some optically anisotropic crystals of transmitting different colours of light in three different spatial directions.

Origin of trichroism

From trichroic + -ism.

Questions about trichroism

What does trichroism mean?
Trichroism means the property of some optically anisotropic crystals of transmitting different colours of light in three different spatial directions.
What part of speech is trichroism?
Trichroism is a noun.

Words near trichroism in the dictionary

  1. trichotropid
  2. trichotropids
  3. trichovirus
  4. trichoviruses
  5. trichroic
  6. trichroism
  7. trichromacies
  8. trichromacy
  9. trichromat
  10. trichromate
  11. trichromates

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