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pleochroism


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pleochroism  \Ple*och"ro*ism\,  n.  [Gr.?  mor?  +  ?  color.] 
  (Crystallog.) 
  The  property  possessed  by  some  crystals,  of  showing  different 
  colors  when  viewed  in  the  direction  of  different  axes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pleochroism 
  n  :  the  phenomenon  of  different  colors  appearing  when  certain 
  crystals  are  viewed  from  different  directions 




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