Chatoyant

ahd-5
  • adjective. Having a changeable luster.
  • noun. A chatoyant stone or gemstone, such as the cat's-eye.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Changing in luster or color, like a cat's eye in the dark.
  • noun. A kind of hard stone or gem having when cut and polished a chatoyant luster; cat′ s-eye.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.
  • adjective. Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
  • noun. A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
  • Word Usage
    "The varying colors and luster of the stones is called a chatoyant effect, and is due to internal microscopic hollow channels in the stone itself."
    Equivalent
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts