How to pronounce “opalescence”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• the state of being opalescent
• (physics) the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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