Medical term:

dichroism



dichroism

 [di´kro-izm]
the quality or condition of showing one color in reflected and another in transmitted light. adj., adj dichro´ic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

di·chro·ism

(dī'krō-izm),
The property of seeming to be differently colored when viewed from emitted light and from transmitted light.
[G. di-, two, + chrōa, color]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

di·chro·ism

(dī'krō-izm)
The property of seeming to be differently colored when viewed from emitted light and from transmitted light.
[G. di-, two, + chrōa, color]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

dichroism

Property exhibited by certain transparent substances of producing two different colours depending upon the thickness of substance traversed, the directions of transmission of light and/or viewing, the concentration of the substance, etc. The most common example is that of crystals (e.g. tourmaline) that absorb unequally the ordinary and extraordinary rays. See anisotropic; dichroic crystal; pleochroism.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann


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