Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or process of measuring or analyzing the polarization of light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Opt.) The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics The measurement of the
polarization ofelectromagnetic radiation - noun chemistry Analysis using a
polarimeter
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Examples
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Dan Batcheldor and his team improved the calibration of Hubble's Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer to enable high-precision polarimetry.
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RSP is not the first instrument to use polarimetry to measure aerosols.
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Dan Batcheldor and his team improved the calibration of Hubble's Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer to enable high-precision polarimetry.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Scientists use polarimetry to see around clouds of dust and gas obscuring the centers of active galactic nuclei (where supermassive black holes live) and the potential planet-forming disks around young stars.
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Scientists use polarimetry to see around clouds of dust and gas obscuring the centers of active galactic nuclei (where supermassive black holes live) and the potential planet-forming disks around young stars.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The software applies to ellipsometry, polarimetry & reflectometry & controls all HORIBA Jobin Yvon thin film metrology instruments.
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"When you do polarimetry what you are essentially looking through is a set of polaroid sunglasses.
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"When you do polarimetry what you are essentially looking through is a set of polaroid sunglasses.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Hoek, Jaseja's lasers, Jenkins, Klinkerfuess, Michelson-Morley interferometry, Lord Rayleigh's polarimetry, Troughton-Noble torque, and the famous 'Airy's Failure' experiment, all conclusively failed to show any rotational or translational movement for the earth, whatsoever. "
unknown title 2008
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Hoek, Jaseja's lasers, Jenkins, Klinkerfuess, Michelson-Morley interferometry, Lord Rayleigh's polarimetry, Troughton-Noble torque, and the famous 'Airy's Failure' experiment, all conclusively failed to show any rotational or translational movement for the earth, whatsoever. "
unknown title 2008
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