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
Thus the axis of the polarizing filter is perpendicular to the length of the molecule.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Light can be polarized by passing it through a polarizing filter or other polarizing material.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Polarized light is sent through the object and then observed through a polarizing filter that is perpendicular to the original polarization direction.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Figure 27.42 A polarizing filter transmits only the component of the wave parallel to its axis, E cos θ , reducing the intensity of any light not polarized parallel to its axis.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
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