TRICHROISM


Meaning of TRICHROISM in English

/truy"kroh iz'euhm/ , n. Crystall.

pleochroism of a biaxial crystal such that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions under transmitted light.

[ 1840-50; TRICHRO(IC) + -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .