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polariscope
[ poh-lar-uh-skohp, puh- ]
noun
- an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
polariscope
/ pəʊˈlærɪˌskəʊp /
noun
- an instrument for detecting polarized light or for observing objects under polarized light, esp for detecting strain in transparent materials See photoelasticity
Other Words From
- po·lar·i·scop·ic [poh-lar-, uh, -, skop, -ik, p, uh, -], adjective
- po·lari·scopi·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of polariscope1
Example Sentences
The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.
The instrument commonly employed for measuring the optic axial angle of biaxial crystals is really a combination of a goniometer with a polariscope.
As a result of this work Arago constructed a polariscope, which he used for some interesting observations on the polarization of the light of the sky.
The difficulty was settled by using the polariscope, which gave an absolute chemical test of the sweetness, irrespective of color.
Arago somewhat hastily inferred from experiments with the polariscope the wholly gaseous nature of the visible disc of the sun.
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