cat's eye
English
Etymology
In mineralogy, a calque of French œil de chat.
Noun

Cat's eyes (road markings)

Cat's eyes (marbles)
cat's eye (plural cats' eyes)
- (Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, usually in the plural) A retroreflective device placed on a road surface as a marking that can be seen even at night.
- A glass marble with elongated colourful inclusions running through its axis.
- A gemstone exhibiting chatoyancy, a.k.a the cat's eye effect.
- (mineralogy) cymophane (translucent yellow chatoyant chrysoberyl)
Translations
retroreflective device placed on a road surface
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glass marble with elongated inclusions
cymophane — see cymophane
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