plane polarization

American

noun

Optics.

polarization of light in which the vibrations are confined to a single plane, that of the wave front.

plane polarization British

noun

a type of polarization in which the electric vector of waves of light or other electromagnetic radiation is restricted to vibration in a single plane

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plane-polarized

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