polarimeter
Americannoun
-
an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
-
a form of polariscope for measuring the angular rotation of the plane of polarization.
noun
-
an instrument for measuring the amount of polarization of light
-
an instrument for measuring the rotation of the plane of polarization of light as a result of its passage through a liquid or solution See optical activity
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Etymology
Origin of polarimeter
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They'll have a polarimeter to examine the directional quality of the corona's light and a spectrometer to look for the behaviour of excited iron atoms.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024
Think of the Compton polarimeter as a pit road for electrons coming off the racetrack-shaped CEBAF.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024
"I can't wait to see the Compton polarimeter get developed for things like the EIC," Zec said.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024
“If we look at clouds and see polarization, that would be a smoking gun,” says astrophysicist Philip Kaaret of the University of Iowa, who worked on a rival polarimeter proposal that lost out to IXPE.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2021
My love meter, in registering hidden emotions, supplements what the polarimeter tells me.
From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
