Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Pleochroism
Ple-och′ro-ism
,Noun.
[Gr.[GREEK] mor[GREEK] + [GREEK] color.]
(Crystallog.)
The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.
Definition 2024
pleochroism
pleochroism
English
Noun
pleochroism (countable and uncountable, plural pleochroisms)
- (physics) The optical phenomenon in some colored, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline) in which the color is different in different directions.