[ple.och.ro.ism] n [ISV pleochroic, fr. pleio- + Gk chros skin, color] (1857): the property of a crystal of showing different colors when viewed by light that vibrates parallel to different axes -- pleo.chro.ic adj
PLEOCHROISM
Meaning of PLEOCHROISM in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012