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POLARIZED LIGHT

\pˈə͡ʊləɹˌa͡ɪzd lˈa͡ɪt], \pˈə‍ʊləɹˌa‍ɪzd lˈa‍ɪt], \p_ˈəʊ_l_ə_ɹ_ˌaɪ_z_d l_ˈaɪ_t]\

Definitions of POLARIZED LIGHT

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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L. In which, as a result of reflection or transmission through certain media, the vibrations are all in one plane, transverse to the ray, instead of in all planes.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

light of which the vibrations are made over one plane or in circles or ellipses.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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