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The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.

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  1. n. The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.
  2. n. pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions
  3. The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.
  4. The property of presenting different colors by transmittedlight, when viewed in two different directions, the colors beingunlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.
  5. n. pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions