relucency

Etymology

From relucent + -ency.

relucency means dispersion of light within the eye (leading to loss of focus), a typical symptom of cataracts. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Dispersion of light within the eye (leading to loss of focus), a typical symptom of cataracts.“Each has a complex cellular structure, which leads to some internal dispersion of light, a feature called ‘relucency’. The more dense the optical structure is, the greater is its relucency. Relucency is a measure of the heterogeneity of a medium. There is no relucency in quality glass.”