Iridescence is thus the glowing, shifting, colorful quality of a rainbow, also seen in an opal, a light oil slick, a butterfly wing, or the mother-of-pearl that lines an oyster shell. Examples are automatically …

Iridescence (also known as goniochromism) is the phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear gradually to change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. Iridescence is …

The exterior of the building, for example, is iridescent in a way that's reminiscent of a butterfly's wings.

Definition of iridescent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

IRIDESCENT definition: displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow. See examples of iridescent used in a sentence.

Dec 14, 2025 · (not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow -like colors; prismatic. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful. From Latin iris, iridis (“rainbow”) +‎ -escent. iridescent (feminine iridescente, …

iridescent (ˌɪrɪˈdɛsənt) adj displaying a spectrum of colours that shimmer and change due to interference and scattering as the observer's position changes [C18: from irido- + -escent]

IRIDESCENT meaning: shining with many different colors when seen from different angles

Something that is iridescent has many bright colours that seem to keep changing.

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