TRICHROISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trichroism mean? 

• TRICHROISM (noun)
  The noun TRICHROISM has 1 sense:

1. pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions

  Familiarity information: TRICHROISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHROISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("trichroism" is a kind of...):

pleochroism (the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions)