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Dichroism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of some crystals of transmitting different colors of light in different directions. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions wordnet
  3. 3
    The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism. countable, uncountable

    "In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields."

Etymology

From dichroic + -ism.

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