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iridescence

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ir·i·des·cence  (r-dsns)
n.
The quality or state of being iridescent.
iridescence
the state or condition of being colored like a rainbow or like the light shining through a prism. — iridescent, adj.
See also: Color, Light
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Noun1.iridescence - the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
opalescence
brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
Translations
iridescence [ˌɪrɪˈdesns] N → irisación f
iridescence
n (liter) → Irisieren nt; (of plumage also, of water) → Schillern nt; (of opals, silk) → Schimmern nt


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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.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Now that I look at you closely you seem all lighted up with an internal iridescence.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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