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iridescent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | changeable, chatoyant, shot |
| Derivation | iridesce, iridescence |
a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent.
iridescent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent |
| Derivation | iridesce, iridescence |
an iridescent oil slick.
Examples of iridescent
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The sensors are an iridescent color too, rather than black like ordinary carbon.
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Richly ornamental designs in brocade and jacquard shimmer with iridescent color.
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When I opened my eyes, the faint glow of an iridescent blue light caught my eye.
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It is black overall, with iridescent tints of blue, green and copper in sunlight.
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It sounds like it's coming from a jungle bird of particularly iridescent plumage.
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Intermittently warmed by paragraph-long sunbeams of iridescent prose-poetry, yes.
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What were some of those glassy, textured, iridescent fabrics at Giorgio Armani?
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The iridescent powder was also used as a highlighter in the corner of the eyes.
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Unlike their sister taxon, the jacamars, all puffbirds lack iridescent plumage.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Changeable: varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
- Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
- (iridescence) opalescence: the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
- Iridescence (also known as goniochromism) is generally known as the property of certain surfaces which appear to change colour as the angle of view changes. Iridescence is commonly seen in items such as soap bubbles, butterfly wings, and sea shells.
- Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic; Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful
- (iridescence) The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color; Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors
- (Iridescence) The play of color in a gemstone resulting from inclusions.
- Iridescence is the rainbow like colour effects seen in some gems. This phenomenon is commonly found in Opal, Ammonite and Moonstone.
- (Iridescence) Spraying a shiny metallic finish onto hot glass.
