Usually means: Light scattering in translucent material.
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  1. opalescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. opalescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. opalescence: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. opalescence: Wordnik
  6. opalescence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. opalescence: Wiktionary
  8. Opalescence, opalescence: Dictionary.com
  9. Opalescence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Opalescence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. opalescence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. opalescence: Rhymezone
  13. Opalescence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. opalescence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. opalescence: FreeDictionary.org
  16. opalescence: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. opalescence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. opalescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. opalescence: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. opalescence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. opalescence: Medical dictionary

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  1. Opalescence: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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  1. Opalescence: Bottle Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (opalescence)

noun:  the state of being opalescent
noun:  (physics) the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index

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