Definition
The visual appearance or optical properties of a mineral or crystal, especially as seen through a microscope.
Etymology
From Greek 'di-' (two) + 'opsis' (vision or appearance), originally referring to the two-fold appearance of diopside but extended to describe visual/optical analysis generally.
Kelly Says
Ancient Greeks loved making words from 'opsis' (seeing)—that's where we get 'synopsis' (seeing it all together) and 'myopia' (short seeing), so diopsis literally means the mineral shows you two different sights depending on angle.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ዲዮፕሲድ
dee-yo-p-si-id
ARالعربية
بصري ثنائي
bi-sari thanay
BNবাংলা
দ্বি-দৃষ্টি
dwi-dristi
CACatalà
diopsídia
dee-op-see-dee-ah
CSČeština
diopside
dee-op-si-deh
DADansk
diopsis
dee-op-sis
DEDeutsch
Diopside
dee-op-si-deh
ELΕλληνικά
διοψις
dee-op-sis
ESEspañol
diopsía
dee-op-see-ah
FAفارسی
دوچشمی
doo-cheh-mee
FISuomi
diopsis
dee-op-sis
FRFrançais
diopside
dee-op-sid
GUGU
દિયોપસિડિક
dee-op-si-dik
HEעברית
דו-לעיני
doo-lay-ee-nee
HIहिन्दी
द्वि-दृष्टि
dwi-dristi
HUMagyar
diopsis
dee-op-sis
IDBahasa Indonesia
diopsis
dee-op-sis
ITItaliano
diopsi
dee-op-see
KMKM
ឌីអូបសីត
dee-oh-p-sai-t
MRMR
दियोप्सिडिक
dee-op-si-dik
MSBahasa Melayu
diopsis
dee-op-sis
MYမြန်မာ
ဒီယိုပ်စပ်
dee-yo-p-set
NLNederlands
diopsis
dee-op-sis
NONorsk
diopsis
dee-op-sis
PAPA
ਦਿਓਪਸਿਡਿਕ
dee-op-si-dik
PLPolski
diopside
dee-op-si-deh
PTPortuguês
diopsia
dee-op-see-ah
RORomână
diopsis
dee-op-sis
RUРусский
диопсис
dee-op-sis
SVSvenska
diopsis
dee-op-sis
SWKiswahili
diopsis
dee-op-sis
TAதமிழ்
இரட்டை பார்வை
irattai parvai
TEతెలుగు
ద్వి-దృష్టి
dwi-dristi
THไทย
ไดโอพซิส
dai-o-p-sis
TRTürkçe
diopsis
dee-op-sis
UKУкраїнська
діопсис
dee-op-sis
URاردو
دو-نظری
doo-na-zari
VITiếng Việt
điopsis
dee-op-sis
ZH中文
双焦点
shuāng-fēng-diǎn