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Double Refraction

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Noun

1. birefringence, double refraction

splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly

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Double Refraction

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noun
the splitting of a ray of unpolarized light into two unequally refracted rays polarized in mutually perpendicular planes
. Also called: birefringence

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Double Refraction

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birefringence

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

Double Refraction

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n.
See birefringence.

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