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b) the property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism
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Dichroism — Di chro*ism, n. [Gr. ? two colored; di = di s twice + ? color.] (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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dichroism — [dī′krō iz΄əm] n. [< Gr dichroos, of two colors < di , two + chrōs, skin, complexion, color (for IE base see CHROMA) + ISM] 1. the property that doubly refracting crystals have of transmitting light of different colors when looked at from… … English World dictionary
Dichroism — Dichroic redirects here. For the filter, see dichroic filter. For the glass, see dichroic glass. Lampworked dichroic glass bead Dichroism has two related but distinct meanings in optics. A dichroic material is either one which causes visible… … Wikipedia
dichroism — noun Date: 1819 the property of some crystals and solutions of absorbing one of two plane polarized components of transmitted light more strongly than the other; also the property of exhibiting different colors by reflected or transmitted light… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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dichroism — The property of seeming to be differently colored when viewed from emitted light and from transmitted light. [G. di , two, + chroa, color] circular d. (CD) the change from circular polarization to elliptical polarization of monochromatic,… … Medical dictionary
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dichroism — dichroizmas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. dichroism vok. Dichroismus, m rus. дихроизм, m pranc. dichroïsme, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
dichroism — n. [Gr. dis, twice; chros, color] The property of showing two very different colors, one by transmitted light and the other by reflected light, or as some dyes staining different tissues different colors … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dichroism — /duy kroh iz euhm/, n. 1. Crystall. pleochroism of a uniaxial crystal such that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions under transmitted light. 2. Chem. the exhibition of essentially different colors by certain … Universalium
