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Definition of Opalesces
1. opalesce [v] - See also: opalesce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opalesces
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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