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bireflectance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bire-flectance
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical effect in which the amount of plane polarized light reflected from a mineral sample varies as the sample is rotated

Uncountable

Etymology

From bi- + reflectance.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bireflectances (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pleochroism

Questions

What does bireflectance mean?
An optical effect in which the amount of plane polarized light reflected from a mineral sample varies as the sample is rotated
Where does bireflectance come from?
From bi- + reflectance.

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