Main Entry: ple·och·ro·ism

Pronunciation: \plē-ˈä-krə-ˌwi-zəm\

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pleochroic, from pleio- + Greek chrōs skin, color

Date: 1857

: the property of a crystal of showing different colors when viewed by light polarized in different directions

— pleo·chro·ic \ˌplē-ə-ˈkrō-ik\ adjective