# trichroism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The property of some optically anisotropic crystals of transmitting different colours of light in three different spatial directions.

## Etymology
From trichroic + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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