POLARIMETER


Meaning of POLARIMETER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpō-lə-ˈri-mə-tər ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from polarization

Date: 1855

1. : an instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light or the proportion of polarized light in a partially polarized ray

2. : a polariscope for measuring the amount of rotation of the plane of polarization especially by liquids

• po·lar·i·met·ric pō-ˌla-rə-ˈme-trik adjective

• po·lar·im·e·try ˌpō-lə-ˈri-mə-trē noun

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