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Definition of Trichroism
1. Noun. Pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions.
Definition of Trichroism
1. n. The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting different colors in three different directions.
Definition of Trichroism
1. Noun. The property of some optically anisotropic crystals of transmitting different colours of light in three different spatial directions. ¹
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Medical Definition of Trichroism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichroism
Literary usage of Trichroism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rocks Classified and Described: A Treatise on Lithology by Bernhard von Cotta (1866)
"Exhibits trichroism in an eminent degree. Cp. very complicated = R:iSi + ...
Transparent to translucent, beautiful trichroism. ..."
2. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"It is for this reason that the pleochroism of biaxial crystals has been called "
trichroism." It is, however, neither necessary nor desirable to use the ..."
3. Notes on Mineralogy: Designed for the Use in the English High School, Boston by Alonzo G. Whitman, Joseph W. Keene (1872)
"Beautiful trichroism. 3. Chem. Fuses with difficulty. ... When cut, it shows
three different shades of color in different directions (trichroism). ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"H. erato exhibits the very rare condition of trichroism, the hind wings being
either red, blue, or green. Schatz states that the different forms have been ..."
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