Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleochroic halo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pleochroic ha-lo
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A microscopic spherical region in which there is a change in color from the surrounding mineral, due to radiation damage from alpha particles.

Inflected Forms

pleochroic halos (plural) pleochroic haloes (plural)

Questions

What does pleochroic halo mean?: A microscopic spherical region in which there is a change in color from the surrounding mineral, due to radiation damage from alpha particles.

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