dichroism Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Di"chro*ism noun
Etymology
Gr. two-colored; = twice + color.
Definitions
  1. (Opt.) The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.

Webster 1913