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BIREFRINGENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does birefringence mean?
• BIREFRINGENCE (noun)
The noun BIREFRINGENCE has 1 sense:
1. splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
Familiarity information: BIREFRINGENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
birefringence; double refraction
Hypernyms ("birefringence" is a kind of...):
refraction (the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another)
Derivation:
birefringent (relating to or characterized by double refraction)
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