ALL meanings of schlieren
schlie·ren
S s - noun schlieren Petrography. streaks or irregularly shaped masses in an igneous rock that differ in texture or composition from the main mass. 1
- noun schlieren Physics. the visible streaks in a turbulent, transparent fluid, each streak being a region that has a density and index of refraction differing from that of the greater part of the fluid. 1
- noun plural schlieren visible streaks produced in a transparent medium as a result of variations in the medium's density leading to variations in refractive index. They can be recorded by flash photography (schlieren photography) 0
- noun plural schlieren streaks or platelike masses of mineral in a rock mass, that differ in texture or composition from the main mass 0
- noun plural schlieren small streaks or masses in igneous rocks, differing in composition from the main rock but blending gradually into it 0
- noun plural schlieren regions in a translucent medium, as a fluid, that have a different density and consequently a different index of refraction than the medium and that can be photographed as shadows produced by the refraction of light passed through these regions 0