Associations to the word «Pleochroic»

Wiktionary

PLEOCHROIC, adjective. Having the property of pleochroism.
PLEOCHROIC HALO, noun. (geology) A microscopic spherical region in which there is a change in colour from the surrounding mineral; due to radiation damage from alpha particles.

Dictionary definition

PLEOCHROIC, adjective. Of or relating to or having pleochroism.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus