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Opalescence vs Turbid - What's the difference?

opalescence | turbid |

As a noun opalescence

is the state of being opalescent.

As an adjective turbid is

having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.

opalescence

English

Noun

  • the state of being opalescent
  • (physics) the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index

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    turbid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.
    • turbid''' water''; '''''turbid wine

    Synonyms

    * (having the lees or sediment disturbed) confused, cloudy, disordered, disturbed, roiled

    Derived terms

    * turbidity

    Related terms

    * disturb * perturb * trouble * turbine * turbulence * turbulent

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