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What does iridescence mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word iridescence? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.
  2. Any shimmer of glittering and changeable colors.
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They measure its size and its age by the iridescence of the oil by satellite.
Luster, iridescence, and surface blemishes determine price, but so does size, color, shape, and unique matches of two or more pearls.
When removed from the water, smelt reflect with a pink, purple or blue iridescence, hence the common name rainbow smelt.
Rich copper-red color intermingles with yellow-olive iridescence at the margins.
In four large-format paintings, the vestiges of resemblance are traded in for the iridescence of the surface itself.
Strontium sulfate is sometimes used to produce iridescence in glass and pottery glazes, and can also be used as a fining agent in crystal glass.

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