Usually means: Changes colors when viewed differently.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word iridescent:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. iridescent: Merriam-Webster
  2. iridescent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. iridescent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. iridescent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. iridescent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Iridescent, iridescent: Wordnik
  7. iridescent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. iridescent: Wiktionary
  9. iridescent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. iridescent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. iridescent: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. iridescent: Dictionary.com
  13. iridescent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Iridescent (song), Iridescent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Iridescent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. iridescent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. iridescent: Rhymezone
  18. Iridescent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. iridescent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. iridescent: FreeDictionary.org
  21. iridescent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. iridescent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. iridescent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. iridescent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. iridescent: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. iridescent: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. IRIDESCENT: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)
  2. iridescent: Mussel Glossary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Stained Glass Windows (No longer online)

(Note: See iridescently as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
adjective:  Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

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