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Opalescence

noun
1.
The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface.  Synonym: iridescence.





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... long now before the silvery radiance of the moon began to grow pale before the soft opalescence in the east, and the far-spreading desert sands took a less mystic tint. Then all at once far on high there was a soft, roseate speck, which grew orange and then golden as if it were the advance guard of the gathering array of dazzling hues which now ...
— In the Mahdi's Grasp • George Manville Fenn


Words linked to "Opalescence" :   brightness, iridescence, opalesce, opalescent


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