Definitions

1. noun

The property of appearing to change color when viewed from different angles or under different lighting conditions.

“The butterfly’s wings exhibited a striking example of dichroism, with its colors shifting from blue to green as it moved.”

2. noun

The phenomenon of light being split into its component colors, especially when passing through a prism or a thin film.

“The physicist studied the dichroism of the crystal, observing how it separated the white light into its individual colors.”