iridescence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
    opalescence.

WordNet

Ir`i*des"cence noun
Etymology
See Iridescent.
Definitions
  1. Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.

Webster 1913