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opalescence

  • /ˌəʉpəˈlesəns/ Australia

noun opalescences

  1. countable, uncountable the state of being opalescent
  2. countable, uncountable the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index

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@misc{opalescence_2026,
  title = {opalescence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/opalescence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}