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ANGLE OF EXTINCTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does angle of extinction mean?
• ANGLE OF EXTINCTION (noun)
The noun ANGLE OF EXTINCTION has 1 sense:
1. the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light
Familiarity information: ANGLE OF EXTINCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
angle of extinction; extinction angle
Hypernyms ("angle of extinction" is a kind of...):
angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)
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