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Birefringence

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Noun

1. birefringence, double refraction

splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly

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Birefringence

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noun
another name for double refraction

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Birefringence

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noun
the splitting of a light ray, generally by a crystal, into two components that travel at different velocities and are polarized at right angles to each other

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Birefringence

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n.
The resolution or splitting of a light wave into two unequally reflected or transmitted waves by an optically anisotropic medium such as calcite or quartz. Also called double refraction.

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