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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

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

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

If the second polarizing filter is rotated, only the component of the light parallel to the second filter’s axis is passed.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 27.44 Long molecules are aligned perpendicular to the axis of a polarizing filter.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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