opalescence

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˌəʉpəˈlesəns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. the state of being opalescent countable,uncountable
  2. 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 countable,uncountable

词形变化

opalescences plural

词汇关系

衍生词
critical opalescence

词源

Etymology tree
English opal
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti
Proto-Italic *-ēskō
Latin -ēscō
Latin -escensder.
English -escence
English opalescence
From opal + -escence.
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