POLARISATION OF LIGHT
\pˌə͡ʊləɹa͡ɪzˈe͡ɪʃən ɒv lˈa͡ɪt], \pˌəʊləɹaɪzˈeɪʃən ɒv lˈaɪt], \p_ˌəʊ_l_ə_ɹ_aɪ_z_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n ɒ_v l_ˈaɪ_t]\
Definitions of POLARISATION OF LIGHT
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The change produced on rays of light by the action of certain media through which they pass, or by the action of certain surfaces which reflect them, so that they cease to exihbit the usual phenomena of trausmission in the one case, and reflection in the other, besides possessing other new properties.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
Nearby Words
- polarimeter
- polarimetry
- polaris
- polarisable
- polarisation
- polarisation of light
- polariscope
- polariscopic
- polariscopy
- polarise
- polarised