plane polarization
noun
polarization of light in which the vibrations are confined to a single plane, that of the wave front.
plane-polarized
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a word derived from
plane polarization.
Example Sentences
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Top picture is plane-polarized light; bottom is cross-polarized light.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
A similar rotation is now familiar in the well-known tests of sugars—lævulose and dextrose—which rotate plane-polarized light to left and right, respectively.
From The New Heavens by George Ellery Hale
The etching figures do not, however, conform to this lower degree of symmetry, nor do crystals of cuprite rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
A plane-polarized ray entering the crystal will be resolved into two polarized rays with the directions of vibration parallel to the vibration-directions in the crystal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
