🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

メタクロマティズム

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Metakuromatizumu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Metachromatism/ˌmɛtəˈkrəʊmətɪzəm/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"染料のメタクロマティズムは、異なる光の下で明らかでした。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The phenomenon where a substance exhibits different colors when viewed under different lighting conditions.

    "The metachromatism of the dye was evident when it appeared blue under fluorescent light and green under incandescent light."
  2. 2

    A property of certain materials that allows them to change color based on the pH level or other environmental factors.

    "In the laboratory, the metachromatism of the pH indicator was used to determine the acidity of the solution."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'metachromatism' originates from the Greek roots 'meta-' meaning 'beyond' and 'chroma' meaning 'color'. It was first used in the late 19th century to describe a phenomenon in which a substance appears to change color when viewed under different lighting conditions.

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