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trichroism.

The property of some optically anisotropic crystals of transmitting different colours of light in three different spatial directions.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The property of some optically anisotropic crystals of transmitting different colours of light in three different spatial directions.

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English trichroic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English trichroism From trichroic + -ism.

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