What is the meaning of iridescent?

Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles.
- usage: "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
- synonyms: changeable, chatoyant, shot
Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors)
- usage: "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline. luster"
- synonyms: nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent

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