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plane polarization

noun

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


plane polarization

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • plane-po·lar·ized [pleyn, -, poh, -l, uh, -rahyzd], adjective
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Example Sentences

If she chose to measure plane polarization, she would measure H and V outcomes with equal probability.

If she chose to measure plane polarization and happened to get the result , then the entangled photon heading toward Bob would enter the state V instantaneously.

He could then send half the beam toward a detector to measure plane polarization and half toward a detector to measure circular polarization.

The exact mechanical effect produced upon the ray could hardly be explained in detail within our present limits of time; but suffice it for the present to say that, when placed in a proper position, the plate transforms plane into circular and circular into plane polarization.

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