dichroism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The property of some crystals of transmitting different colors of light in different directions.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields."
Etymology
Etymology tree English dichroic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English dichroism From dichroic + -ism.