pleochroism

1. 1.

   the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions

   Broaderoptical phenomenon

   Narrowerdichroismtrichroism

Other forms of pleochroism

plural

pleochroisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pleochroism

What does pleochroism mean?

pleochroism means "the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions".

How many syllables are in pleochroism?

pleochroism has 3 syllables: ple-och-roism. The stress falls on "ple".

Is pleochroism a common word?

pleochroism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.