polariscope
noun
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.
polariscopic
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a word derived from
polariscope.
Example Sentences
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There follow a great number of precipitates; the exact volume of liquid in which these are found is determined after two polariscopic observations.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
They consist in weighing out the sugar, dissolving it, clarifying the solution, making it up to standard volume, filtering, filling the observation tube, regulating the illumination, and making the polariscopic reading.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
At this eclipse the spectrum of the corona was also observed, and was supposed to be continuous, while polariscopic observation by Lieutenant Campbell showed it polarized in planes passing through the sun’s centre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
This is simpler than the polariscopic examination and better suited for ordinary use.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit
At the moment of emerging from the cloud, M. Barral made polariscopic observation, which established a fact foreseen by M. Arago, that the light reflected from the surface of the clouds, was unpolarized light.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
