opaline

/'oupəlain/

Thân thiện

The opaline sheen of the soap bubble shimmered in the sunlight.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; iridescent: Describes something that displays a shimmering, milky luster with shifting rainbow-like colors, similar to the appearance of an opal gemstone.
   • Resembling opal; pearlescent: Characterized by a soft, milky, and translucent shine.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The vase had a beautiful opaline sheen that changed in the light.
  • We admired the opaline quality of the morning mist over the lake.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Descriptive Use: Often used in geology, mineralogy, and descriptive writing to characterize surfaces, clouds, or materials with a specific type of soft iridescence.
  • The scientist described the mineral's fracture as having an opaline luster.

Variants and Related Words

• Opalescent (adj): Very similar in meaning, often used interchangeably to describe a milky iridescence.
  • The opalescent glass diffused the light beautifully.
• Opal (n): The precious gemstone known for its unique play of color, from which the adjective is derived.
• Nacreous (adj): Having a pearly luster, like mother-of-pearl; a related term for a similar visual effect.

Synonyms

• Iridescent: Showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.
• Pearly: Resembling a pearl in luster or color.
• Nacreous: Having a pearly, rainbow-like play of color.

Antonyms

• Matte: Having a dull, non-reflective surface without shine.
• Opaque: Not able to be seen through; not transparent or translucent.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
   • an iridescent oil slick
   • nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl
   • a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster

Từ đồng nghĩa

• iridescent
• nacreous
• opalescent
• pearlescent