opalescence
- noun
- /ˌoʊpəˈlɛsəns/
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opalescencia
- That is, this critical opalescence that we saw is inseparable from the fact that we have diverging susceptibility.
Examples
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And then there's some more Opalescence right over here just looking so pretty and the the oak leaf hydrangeas, look at these.
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So basically there is this length scale that we also saw when we were looking at these critical opalescence and we were seeing things that were moving together.
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The Prime Mover stopped rocking, its surface cooling to a puzzled opalescence.
Fiction book (2000) -
My penis is detumescent, pearls of semen drip from its aperture I wipe the slimy opalescence from my stomach with a paper towel.
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She had joined the men in Julian Binford's The Crapshooter, watching the dice describe their crazy jigging across the blue plane that was supposed to be the solid surface she tossed the dice on, but appeared a receptive opacity, a pool of aquamarine opalescence, a sky.
Fiction book (1994) -
The opalescence of the gemstone captivated everyone at the jewelry store.
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Under sunlight, the opalescence of the bubble in the soap dish created a stunning display of colors.
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The artist used opalescence in her painting to depict the shimmer of the ocean at dawn.
Synonyms
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8.3
A shiny display of colors that change when you look at them from different angles
Antonyms
How Iridescent
Surface Forms
Morphology
opalescence = opalescent (semi-transparent) = opal + escent + ence
The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'opalescent' with the noun suffix '-ence'.
Etymology
Opalescence comes from the name of the gem opal, which comes from an old Sanskrit word upala meaning 'precious stone'. So opalescence describes a gem-like 'play of colors' or a pearly, milky glow like an opal.