OPALESCENCE

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Meaning:

The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface

Synonyms:

iridescence; opalescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("opalescence" is a kind of...):

brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)

Derivation:

opalesce (exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal)

opalesce (reflect light or colors like an opal)

opalescent (having a play of lustrous rainbow colors)