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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

Polarized light is sent through the object and then observed through a polarizing filter that is perpendicular to the original polarization direction.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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

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

Thus the axis of the polarizing filter is perpendicular to the length of the molecule.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015