| PUNGENCE | • pungence n. The quality of odor/odour that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances. • PUNGENCE n. the state of being pungent, also PUNGENCY. |
| TANGENCE | • tangence n. Alternative form of tangency. • TANGENCE n. the state of being in immediate physical contact, also TANGENCY. |
| PUNGENCES | • pungences n. Plural of pungence. • PUNGENCE n. the state of being pungent, also PUNGENCY. |
| TANGENCES | • tangences n. Plural of tangence. • TANGENCE n. the state of being in immediate physical contact, also TANGENCY. |
| ASTRINGENCE | • astringence n. Alternative form of astringency. • ASTRINGENCE n. being astringent, also ASTRINGENCY. |
| CONTINGENCE | • contingence n. (Geometry) Contact; touching. • contingence n. Contingency. • CONTINGENCE n. an event (as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur, also CONTINGENCY. |
| REFRINGENCE | • refringence n. (Physics) refractive power; refraction. • REFRINGENCE n. refractivity, also REFRINGENCY. |
| ASTRINGENCES | • astringences n. Plural of astringence. • ASTRINGENCE n. being astringent, also ASTRINGENCY. |
| CONTINGENCES | • contingences n. Plural of contingence. • CONTINGENCE n. an event (as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur, also CONTINGENCY. |
| REFRINGENCES | • refringences n. Plural of refringence. • REFRINGENCE n. refractivity, also REFRINGENCY. |
| BIREFRINGENCE | • birefringence n. (Physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage… • BIREFRINGENCE n. the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as calcite) in two slightly different directions to form two rays. |
| CONSTRINGENCE | • constringence n. (Physics, optics) A measure of a material’s dispersion (variation of refractive index with wavelength)… • CONSTRINGENCE n. the inverse of the dispersive power of a medium, also CONSTRINGENCY. |
| BIREFRINGENCES | • birefringences n. Plural of birefringence. • BIREFRINGENCE n. the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as calcite) in two slightly different directions to form two rays. |
| CONSTRINGENCES | • constringences n. Plural of constringence. • CONSTRINGENCE n. the inverse of the dispersive power of a medium, also CONSTRINGENCY. |