Associations to the word «Pleochroism»

Wiktionary

PLEOCHROISM, noun. (physics) The optical phenomenon in some colored, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline) in which the color is different in different directions.

Dictionary definition

PLEOCHROISM, noun. The phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca