Definition of Opalesces

1. Verb. (third-person singular of opalesce) ¹

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Definition of Opalesces

1. opalesce [v] - See also: opalesce

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opalesces

opahs
opake
opal
opal codon
opal mutation
opal suppressor
opaled
opalesce
opalesced
opalescence
opalescences
opalescent
opalescent dentin
opalescently
opalesces
opalescing
opaline
opaline patch
opalines
opalise
opalised
opalises
opalising
opalize
opalized
opalizes
opalizing
opalotype
opalotypes

Literary usage of Opalesces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plattner's Manual of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis with the Blowpipe by Carl Friedrich Plattner, Henry Bedinger Cornwall, John H. Caswell (1892)
"Decomposed by S. Ph. with slight effervescence, leaving a white silica skeleton, while the glass remains clear and colorless, but opalesces on cooling. ..."

2. A Treatise on Pharmacy: Designed as a Text-book for the Student, and as a by Edward Parrish (1884)
"A very dilute solution, containing one-millionth part, opalesces with blue color in reflected light; acids destroys this property, alkalies restore it, ..."

3. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by David Brewster, Robert Jameson, Royal Society of Edinburgh (1819)
"... it immediately strikes a deep brown, and when only a 100000th is present, it opalesces on a few minutes standing. ..."

4. Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1853)
"A single specimen of this mineral, from the right banks of the Ohio, near Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, is of a delicate bluish-white, and opalesces on being held ..."

5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1825)
"Salt of phosphorus dissolves it, leaving a skeleton of silica ; the glass opalesces a little after full cooling, and then also the manganese reaction is ..."

6. Chemistry of the Albumens: Ten Lectures Delivered in the Michaelmas Term by Samuel Barnett Schryver, University of London (1906)
"... has a pure violet colour, and no longer opalesces. By means of this treatment the greater part of the ..."

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