dichroism

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dichroism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

dichroism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dichroism
      n 1: pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different
           colors when viewed from two different directions