ir·i·des·cence

(ĭr′ĭ-dĕs′əns)

The quality or state of being iridescent.

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iridescence

the state or condition of being colored like a rainbow or like the light shining through a prism. — iridescent, adj.

iridescence

[ˌɪrɪˈdesns] N → irisación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

iridescence

n (liter) → Irisieren nt; (of plumage also, of water) → Schillern nt; (of opals, silk) → Schimmern nt

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iridescent

(iriˈdesnt) adjective

shining or glittering with the colours of the rainbow. Soap bubbles are iridescent.

ˌiriˈdescence noun

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The delicate iridescence of the London air gave the softness of a pastel to the gray stone of the buildings; and in the wharfs and storehouses there was the severity of grace of a Japanese print.

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You feel like a disembodied spirit, immaterial; and you seem to be able to touch beauty as though it were a palpable thing; and you feel an intimate communion with the breeze, and with the trees breaking into leaf, and with the iridescence of the river.

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Now that I look at you closely you seem all lighted up with an internal iridescence. Why, you're actually SHINING!

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The huge pool of blood in front of her was already assuming the iridescence of coagulation; and when the sun rose a hundred prismatic hues were reflected from it.

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But in the presence of beauty-- look at the iridescence round the moon!--one feels--one feels--Perhaps if you married me--I'm half a poet, you see, and I can't pretend not to feel what I do feel.

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Rather was it a pearl, with the depth of iridescence of a pearl; but of a size all pearls of earth and time, welded into one, could not have totalled; and of a colour undreamed of in any pearl, or of anything else, for that matter, for it was the colour of the Red One.

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We now stood amazed at the sight, for their blotched and warty skins were of a curious fish-like iridescence, and the sunlight struck them with an ever-varying rainbow bloom as they moved.

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The soft pastels and bold jewel shades into striking neoclassical silhouettes had every piece shimmering into the spotlight with iridescence.

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A new display art hologram exhibition called IRIDESCENCE is set to begin next month at the HoloCenter in New York.

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The collection shimmers into the spotlight with iridescence. The energy and elegance of this landmark collection is encompassed through luxe fabrics in metallic shades.

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The fans also made Project Iridescence. Before iKON did their encore, fans turned on their phone flashlights and sang "Don't Forget." They also created a rainbow sea of lights inside the arena.

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