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Opalescence

//ˌəʉpəˈlesəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    the state of being opalescent countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface wordnet
  3. 3
    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

Etymology

From opal + -escence.

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