Trichroism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trichroism \Tri"chro*ism\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? color: cf. F.
     trichro["i]sme.] (Min.)
     The quality possessed by some crystals of presenting
     different colors in three different directions.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trichroism
       n : pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different
           colors when viewed from three different directions