polariscope

American  

[poh-lar-uh-skohp, puh-] / poʊˈlær əˌskoʊp, pə- /

noun

Optics.

1. an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.

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polariscope British  

/ pəʊˈlærɪˌskəʊp /

noun

1. an instrument for detecting polarized light or for observing objects under polarized light, esp for detecting strain in transparent materials See photoelasticity

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Other Word Forms

• polariscopic
  adjective
• polariscopically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of polariscope

1820–30; < Medieval Latin polāri ( s ) polar + -scope

Example Sentences

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polariscope

Patient work with chemicals and a polariscope discovered the three new kinds of fruit sugar in the remaining 5%.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Abderhalden has found that the polariscope can show it also.

From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

On account of the predominance of invert sugars, pure honey has a levulo or left-handed rotation when examined by the polariscope.

From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry

It is a saccharimeter," explained Kennedy, also looking at it, "an instrument used to detect the amount of sugar held in solution, a form of the polariscope.

From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

The instrument commonly employed for measuring the optic axial angle of biaxial crystals is really a combination of a goniometer with a polariscope.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various