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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface;
[syn: opalescence, iridescence]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Iridescence \Ir`i*des"cence\, n. [See Iridescent.] Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow, especially a surface reflection which changes color with the angle at which the object is viewed; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl. It is due to interference of light waves reflected from the front and back surfaces of a thin layer transpatrent or semitransparent film. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

iridescence n 1: the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface [syn: opalescence, iridescence]