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polarizing filter

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noun

Photography.
  1. a camera lens filter used to control the plane of polarization of light entering the lens.


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Just like we can filter out some types of sunlight with the polarized coating on our sunglasses, the magnetic field around Sag A* becomes a polarizing filter for all that raw plasma light.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2024

This implies the reflected light is partially polarized and cannot be completely blocked by a polarizing filter.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Light can be polarized by passing it through a polarizing filter or other polarizing material.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

However, if a third polarizing filter is placed between the original two, some light can pass.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 27.40 A polarizing filter has a polarization axis that acts as a slit passing through electric fields parallel to its direction.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

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