1) Optical component
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A polarizer or polariser is an optical filter that passes light of a specific polarization and blocks waves of other polarizations. It can convert a beam of light of undefined or mixed polarization into a beam with well-defined polarization, polarized light. The common types of polarizers are linear polarizers and circular polarizers. Polarizers a...
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• (n.) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.
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(from the article `Polaroid Corporation`) The company originated in 1932 as the Land-Wheelwright Laboratories, which Land founded with George Wheelwright to produce Land`s first invention, an ...
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A device used to plane-polarize light.
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<physics> That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polarizcope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal. ... <microscopy> A first polarizing element inserted before a preparation. When its vibration direction is at right ang...
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(po´lәr-īz″әr) an appliance for polarizing light.
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Po'lar·i`zer noun (Physics) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pō′lă-rīz′er Definitions: 1. The first element of a polariscope that polarizes the light, as distinguished from the analyzer, the second polarizing element.
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