'Polarizer' definitions:
Definition of 'Polarizer'
From: GCIDE
- Polarizer \Po"lar*i`zer\, n. (Physics) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Polarizer'
- Polar,
- Polaric,
- Polarity,
- Polarization,
- Polarize,
- Polarized,
- Polarizing,
- Circular polarization,
- Elliptic polarization,
- Plane of polarization,
- Polar axis,
- Polar bear,
- Polar body,
- Polar cell,
- Polar circles,
- Polar clock,
- Polar contrast,
- Polar coordinates,
- Polar dial,
- Polar distance,
- Polar forces,
- Polar globule,
- Polar hare,
- Polar lights,
- Polar opposition,
- Polar projection,
- Polar whale,
- Polaric contrast,
- Polaric opposition,
- polar circle,
- polar coordinate,
- polar front,
- polar glacier,
- polar region,
- polar star,
- polar zone,
- Electro-polar,
- North polar distance,
- Polar equation of a line,
- Polar equation of a surface,
- Polar spherical triangle,
- Zinco-polar,
- north-polar,
- plane-polarized,
- south-polar