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Iridescent

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Adjective

1. changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot

varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

Example Sentences:
'changeable taffeta'
'chatoyant (or shot) silk'
'a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent'

2. iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent

having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

Example Sentences:
'an iridescent oil slick'
'nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl'
'a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Iridescent

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adjective
displaying a spectrum of colours that shimmer and change due to interference and scattering as the observer's position changes

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Iridescent

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adjective
having or showing shifting changes in color or an interplay of rainbowlike colors, as when seen from different angles

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Iridescent

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adj.
1. Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage.
2. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance: "The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room" (Carson McCullers).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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