Opalescence

/ˌə‍ʊpəlˈɛsəns/

/ˌoʊpəlˈɛsəns/

[noun]

Opalescence

[NOUN]

the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface

synonyms : iridescence

Examples

1. It's got opalescence in it.

2. So these exponents are obtained by looking at the fluid system with light scattering-- doing this critical opalescence that we were talking about in more detail and accurately, Delta is 4.8.

3. There was one case where we actually saw a video of those long wavelength fluctuations and that was for the case of critical opalescence taking place at the liquid gas mixture at its critical point.

4. So basically there is this length scale that we also saw when we were looking at these critical opalescence and we were seeing things that were moving together.