opalescence
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Here, he is joined by the harpist Brandee Younger, who adds some lunar opalescence to his sound.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Mering’s distinct alto has the opalescence of Karen Carpenter’s voice and the enveloping benevolence of Cass Elliot’s, though as a songwriter she shares a certain millennial poeticism with Lana Del Rey.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
His 1910 paper on "critical opalescence" explained, among other things, what?
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2011
If the Nixon Administration has acquired a reputation for somewhat gray formality, it appeared for this day to have taken on something like opalescence.
From Time Magazine Archive
This term, derived from fluor-spar after the analogy of opalescence from opal, does not presuppose any theory.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
