Tellingly, the opalescence does not diminish as one gets closer to the critical point, where the largest fluctuations can reach even centimetre proportions, confirming the physical relevance of smaller fluctuations.
Disadvantages: high rate of opalescence, especially after multcoat lamination, with the lapse of time yellowness appears.
The term "opalescence" is commonly and erroneously used to describe this unique and beautiful phenomenon, which is correctly termed "play of color".
In another semiquantitative technique cells are overlaid the test substance and changes in opalescence of the originally cell-free compartment is recorded during the incubation time.
Opalescence is an effect exploited in lustreware pottery.
This variety exhibits pleasing chatoyancy or opalescence that reminds one of an eye of a cat.
Contrarily, "opalescence" is correctly applied to the milky, turbid appearance of common or "potch" opal.
Well-known examples are the light scattered from the sky (which is ultimately responsible for its color) or the opalescence of light in a fluid at the critical point.
