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double refraction

NOUN
  1. splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly

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  • His discovery of the polarisation of light by reflection was published in 1809 and his theory of double refraction of light in crystals in 1810.
  • Owing to the strong double refraction and the consequent wide separation of the two polarized rays of light traversing the crystal, an object viewed through a cleavage rhombohedron of Iceland-spar is seen double, hence the name doubly-refracting spar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
  • Wissensch, 1880) and others, to increased tension on the fibrillae of the cornea, a double refraction being induced. Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913
  • Symmetry of molecular arrangement implies symmetry on the part of the ether; atomic dissymmetry, on the other hand, involves the dissymmetry of the ether, and, as a consequence, double refraction. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873
  • You can look into the stones with double refraction, like zircon and sphene, but they have Mohs scores of 7 and 5.5, so while they're very sparkly, they're not hard. Ask MetaFilter
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