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Malus' law
[ muh-loos-law; French ma-lys ]
/ məˈlus ˈlɔ; French maˈlüs /
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noun Optics.
the law stating that the intensity of a beam of plane-polarized light after passing through a rotatable polarizer varies as the square of the cosine of the angle through which the polarizer is rotated from the position that gives maximum intensity.
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Also called law of Ma·lus, Ma·lus co·sine-squared law [muh-loos-koh-sahyn skwaird-law]. /məˈlus ˈkoʊ saɪn ˈskwɛərd ˌlɔ/.
Origin of Malus' law
Named after E. L. Malus (1775–1812), French physicist
Words nearby Malus' law
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