Associations to the word «Birefringence»

Wiktionary

BIREFRINGENCE, noun. (physics) the splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium

Dictionary definition

BIREFRINGENCE, noun. Splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly.

Wise words

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