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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trichroism \Tri"chro*ism\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? color: cf. F. trichro["i]sme.] (Min.) The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting different colors in three different directions. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trichroism n 1: pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions