(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:32:29

Ir`i*des"cence (?), n. [See Iridescent.]

Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.

 

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