Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The quality of being chatoyant.
Wiktionary
- n. The state or condition of being chatoyant.
Examples
“It is called chatoyancy, which is a fancy way of saying that the color 'flashes' or 'rolls' across the stone, like cat's-eye but far more vibrantly.”
“Lubz ebberyfing wif teh schiller oar teh chatoyancy.”
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“So that when viewed from various angles they flash a color, and it's compliment, like the chatoyancy of a cat's eye.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘chatoyancy’.
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stripes and bands
variegated armadillos and other asundry bands and stripes
fajada, raye, apar, fasciated, hemigalus, numbat, onyx, tatouay, tortrix, coquina, peba, myrmecobius and 112 more...
sionnach an optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones. Derived from the French for cat's eye. Jan 30, 2007