iridescence

property in which fine colors, changeable with the angle of view or angle of illumination, are produced on a surface by the interference of light that is reflected from both the front and back of a thin film
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iridescence

Summary

iridescence is an optical phenomenon[1]. iridescence draws 579 Wikipedia views per month (optical_phenomenon category, ranking #3 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • iridescence's image is recorded as Oelfleckerp.jpg[3].
  • iridescence's image is recorded as Soap Bubble - foliage background - iridescent colours - Traquair 040801.jpg[4].
  • iridescence's image is recorded as Iridescent Cloud.JPG[5].
  • iridescence's image is recorded as Rosenkäfer Cetonia aurata.jpg[6].
  • iridescence's instance of is recorded as optical phenomenon[7].
  • iridescence's instance of is recorded as optical property[8].
  • iridescence's instance of is recorded as color in nature[9].
  • Iris is named after iridescence[10].
  • rainbow is named after iridescence[11].
  • iridescence's subclass of is recorded as structural coloration[12].
  • iridescence's Commons category is recorded as Iridescence[13].
  • iridescence's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1321 (spa)-Lmichan-Iridiscencia.wav[14].
  • iridescence's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000068897[15].
  • iridescence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020jd_[16].
  • iridescence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08f6kt[17].
  • iridescence's MeSH tree code is recorded as G01.590.310[18].
  • iridescence's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iridescence[19].
  • iridescence's Commons gallery is recorded as Iridescence[20].
  • iridescence's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300056212[21].
  • iridescence's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/iridescence-biology[22].
  • iridescence's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/iridescence-mineralogy[23].
  • iridescence's different from is recorded as bioluminescence[24].
  • iridescence's studied by is recorded as biology of colour[25].
  • iridescence's produced by is recorded as nanostructure[26].
  • iridescence's Quora topic ID is recorded as Iridescence[27].

Why It Matters

iridescence draws 579 Wikipedia views per month (optical_phenomenon category, ranking #3 of 20).[2] iridescence has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] iridescence is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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