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pleochroism |
2 definitions found 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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