/haf"wayv', hahf"-/ , Optics.
a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization. Cf. quarter-wave plate .
[ 1900-05 ]
/haf"wayv', hahf"-/ , Optics.
a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization. Cf. quarter-wave plate .
[ 1900-05 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012