Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as dichroic, 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Dichroic.
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- adjective
dichroic
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Examples
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In fact the agent, whatever it is, which sends us the light of the sky, exercises in so doing a dichroitic action.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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A marked distinction is thus exhibited between the matter of the sky, and that of an ordinary cloud, which exercises no such dichroitic action.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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In fact, the agent, whatever it be, which sends us the light of the sky, exercises in so doing a dichroitic action.
Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 John Tyndall 1856
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The light reflected is blue, the light transmitted is orange or red, A marked distinction is thus exhibited between reflection from the sky and that from an ordinary cloud, which exercises no such dichroitic action.
Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 John Tyndall 1856
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