Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Doubly refractive; possessing the property of separating a ray of light into two rays by double refraction. See
refraction .
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
birefringence .
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- adjective relating to or characterized by double refraction
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Examples
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The stone would like have been made of a so-called birefringent material, like calcite or certain plastics, that can split light into separate rays.
Wired Top Stories Lisa Grossman 2011
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Suppose now that photons 1 and 2 impinge respectively on the faces of birefringent crystal polarization analyzers I and II, with the entrance face of each analyzer perpendicular to z.
Bell's Theorem Shimony, Abner 2009
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"White" carbon is transparent birefringent material.
Carbon 2008
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The Volokh Conspiracy » Paperback Edition of You Can’t Say That! 2004
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In fact, they did find some birefringent material in there, and that ` s why she may have been penetrated by some object.
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BSP has been extended to model extraordinary ray propagation through uniaxial, birefringent crystals.
unknown title 2011
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In this July 8, 2010 photo, University of California at Berkeley Professor Marty Banks gestures beside the birefringent lens display in Berkeley, Calif.
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In this July 8, 2010 photo, University of California at Berkeley Professor Marty Banks looks through a birefringent lens display Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Berkeley, Calif.
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In contrast, polarizing prisms are birefringent crystals that divide incident non-polarized light into separate components polarized orthogonally to each other.
unknown title 2009
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The result is a transparent birefringent crystal, known as a
unknown title 2009
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