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IRIDESCENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
Synonyms:
iridescence; opalescence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("iridescence" is a kind of...):
brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)
Derivation:
iridesce (be iridescent)
iridescent (having a play of lustrous rainbow colors)
iridescent (varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles)
