Associations to the word «Opalescence»
Noun
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Wiktionary
OPALESCENCE, noun. The state of being opalescent
OPALESCENCE, noun. (physics) 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
Dictionary definition
OPALESCENCE, noun. The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
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