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View synonyms for opalescence
opalescence
[ oh-puh-les-uhns ]
noun
- a lustrous play of colors like that of an opal:
This moonstone pendant has a lovely pearly opalescence.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of opalescence1
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Example Sentences
Across the violet surface of the Mediterranean and the crystal opalescence of the evening sky the music fell voluptuously.
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In a certain aspect, there plays over this spot a violet opalescence of exceeding richness.
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And in the midst of it all the girl shone like the one evening star in the mystic opalescence of twilight.
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Far overhead there was one fleeting glimpse of a pinpoint of dull opalescence reflecting the rays of the dying sun.
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The filtrate from these precipitates containing only fractional residues of acetone still shows opalescence.
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