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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A protein, found in certain squids, that self-organizes into a film of regularly spaced stripes, the separation of which functions as a tunable diffraction grating to produce a range of reflective colours in the animal's skin countable, uncountable

Etymology

From reflect + -in.

Related phrases

diffraction grating

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