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Opalescence  n.  (Min.) A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent.





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"Opalescence" Quotes from Famous Books



... thick starch paste; place some in test tubes, labeled A and B. Keep A for comparison, and to B add saliva, and expose both to about 104 degrees F. A is unaffected, while B soon becomes fluid—within two minutes—and loses its opalescence; this liquefaction is a process quite antecedent to the saccharifying ...
— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell


Words linked to "Opalescence" :   opalesce, brightness


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