polarizing microscope

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noun

a microscope that utilizes polarized light to reveal detail in an object, used especially to study crystalline and fibrous structures.

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Words nearby polarizing microscope

polarize, polarized, polarizer, polarizing, polarizing filter, polarizing microscope, polar lights, polar molecule, polar nucleus, polarogram, Polarograph

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How to use polarizing microscope in a sentence

Take one part Kim Kardashian, perhaps our most polarizing superstar, and add oil and champagne.
Kim Kardashian Cheekily Breaks the Internet|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Iggy Azalea herself might not even understand how polarizing and important a figure Iggy Azalea has become.
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea|Amy Zimmerman|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Along with crowds, Cereal Killer has also drawn polarizing responses from the public and the media.
Cereal Cafe’s Big Bowl of Hate|David Levesley|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He became as polarizing a figure as the war itself, court jester to Nixon and corporate shill to boot.
When Your Comic Hero Is an Alleged Rapist|Doug McIntyre|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Were you being extra picky in the wake of Twilight because you knew you were under the microscope?
The Resurrection of Kristen Stewart|Marlow Stern|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Crystals of urea nitrate or oxalate (Fig. 19) will soon appear and can be recognized with the microscope.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In both conditions chemic tests will show hemoglobin, but in the latter the microscope will reveal the presence of red corpuscles.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The microscope commonly shows sarcin, bacteria, and great numbers of yeast-cells.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This is placed upon the stage of the microscope, and one of the projecting ends is heated with a small flame.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A grain—requiring to be picked out with a pin and microscope—of truth, with a bushel of bunkum or cant.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

Scientific definitions for polarizing microscope

polarizing microscope

[ pō′lə-rī′zĭng ]

A microscope in which the object viewed is illuminated by polarized light. Since some materials act like polarizing filters, viewing objects with polarized light can reveal such materials when ordinary light would fail to bring them into relief.