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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats