dichroism

English

Etymology

From dichroic +‎ -ism.

Noun

dichroism (countable and uncountable, plural dichroisms)

1. The property of some crystals of transmitting different colors of light in different directions.
2. (physics) The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism.
   • 2016, S. Hamed Shams Mousavi, Sajanlal R. Panikkanvalappil, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ali A. Eftekhar, Ali Adibi, “Large Enhancement of Circular Dichroism Using an Embossed Chiral Metamaterial”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.

Derived terms

• photodichroism

 

Translations

the transmission of different colors in different directions

• Catalan: dicroisme m
• Polish: dichroizm m
• Spanish: dicroísmo m

Anagrams

• microdish