polarizing filter
Americannoun
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Just like we can filter out some types of sunlight with the polarized coating on our sunglasses, the magnetic field around Sag A* becomes a polarizing filter for all that raw plasma light.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024
If the second polarizing filter is rotated, only the component of the light parallel to the second filter’s axis is passed.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
This implies the reflected light is partially polarized and cannot be completely blocked by a polarizing filter.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Figure 27.44 Long molecules are aligned perpendicular to the axis of a polarizing filter.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Thus the axis of the polarizing filter is perpendicular to the length of the molecule.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
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