opalescence

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) the state of being opalescent
2. (countable, uncountable) 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

Concepts

opalescence

irisation

phosphorescence

transparence

polarisation

translucidité

dispersion de la lumière

indice de réfraction

propriété optique

opacité

Synonymes

iridescence

milkiness

opacification

optical properties

phosphorescence

polarization

refractive index

translucence

transparency

opacifying

opalization

light dispersion

Traductions

opalescenza

opalescencia

iridescenza

Schillern

iridescència

Opaleszenz

opalescència

opalescência

Lichtdurchlässigkeit

Phosporeszenz

Lichtstreuung

optische Eigenschaft

ιριδισμός

Durchsichtigkeit

Étymologie (Anglais)

From opal + -escence.