iris /īˈris/

1. The contractile curtain perforated by the pupil, and forming the coloured part of the eye
2. A plant of the genus Iris with tuberous roots, long tapering leaves and large showy flowers
3. An iris diaphragm
4. An appearance resembling the rainbow

īˈrisate transitive verb

To make iridescent

irisation /ī-ri-sāˈshən/ noun

irised /īˈrist/ adjective

Showing colours like the rainbow

iris diaphragm noun

An adjustable stop for a lens, giving a continuously variable hole

iris recognition or iris scanning noun

A security system which uses a digital camera to detect the unique marks on a person's iris and map these to information on a database in order to confirm the person's identity

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