pleochroic

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pleochroic /ˌpliːə(ʊ)ˈkrəʊɪk/

▶adjective Crystallography displaying variable colours owing to differential absorption of light according to wavelength, direction, and/or polarization.

– derivatives
pleochroism noun.

– origin C19: from pleo- + khrōs ‘colour’ + -ic.

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