noun
- Crystallography. pleochroism of a uniaxial crystal such that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions under transmitted light.
- Chemistry. the exhibition of essentially different colors by certain solutions in different degrees of dilution or concentration.
noun
- Also called: dichromaticism a property of a uniaxial crystal, such as tourmaline, of showing a perceptible difference in colour when viewed along two different axes in transmitted white lightSee also pleochroism
- a property of certain solutions as a result of which the wavelength (colour) of the light transmitted depends on the concentration of the solution and the length of the path of the light within the solution
n.
- The property of some solutions of showing different colors at different concentrations.
- The property of some crystals of exhibiting two different colors when viewed along different axes.