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trichroism


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trichroism  \Tri"chro*ism\,  n.  [Pref.  tri-  +  Gr  ?  color:  cf  F. 
  trichro["i]sme.]  (Min.) 
  The  quality  possessed  by  some  crystals  of  presenting 
  different  colors  in  three  different  directions. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trichroism 
  n  :  pleochroism  of  a  crystal  so  that  it  exhibits  three  different 
  colors  when  viewed  from  three  different  directions 




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