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n. An instrument for ascertaining, measuring, or exhibiting the properties of polarized light or for studying the interactions of polarized light with optically transparent media.

n. a polarimeter

n. An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.

n. An optical instrument, various forms of which have been contrived, for exhibiting the polarization of light, or for examining substances in polarized light.

n. an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light

"I found by inclosing the glass in heavy iron tubes and exposing it for five hours to a temperature somewhat above that of melting zinc, and then allowing an hour or two for the cooling process, that the strong polarization figure which it displays in a polariscope was completely removed, and hence the glass annealed."

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polariscopic camera    nörrenberg polariscope    blot's polariscope    savart's polariscope    polariscopic analysis   

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