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opalescence

American  
[oh-puh-les-uhns] / ˌoʊ pəˈlɛs əns /

noun

  1. a lustrous play of colors like that of an opal.

    This moonstone pendant has a lovely pearly opalescence.


Etymology

Origin of opalescence

opal + -escence


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Here, he is joined by the harpist Brandee Younger, who adds some lunar opalescence to his sound.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Mering’s distinct alto has the opalescence of Karen Carpenter’s voice and the enveloping benevolence of Cass Elliot’s, though as a songwriter she shares a certain millennial poeticism with Lana Del Rey.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

His 1910 paper on "critical opalescence" explained, among other things, what?

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2011

If the Nixon Administration has acquired a reputation for somewhat gray formality, it appeared for this day to have taken on something like opalescence.

From Time Magazine Archive

The filtrate from these precipitates containing only fractional residues of acetone still shows opalescence.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by C. F. Cross

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