单词 | polariscope |
释义 | polariscopen. Science. An instrument for showing the polarization of light, or for viewing objects in polarized light; a polarimeter. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments to refract, etc., light > [noun] > polariscope polariscope1829 polarimeter1843 saccharometer1866 saccharimeter1874 tourmaline pincette1888 tourmaline tongs1888 1829 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 15 369 (heading) Description of the polariscope, an instrument for observing some of the most interesting phenomena of polarised light, invented by H. J. Brooke. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 81/1 In every polariscope there are two essential parts; namely, the polariser and the analyser. 1919 R. W. Wood Physical Optics (ed. 2) ix. 291 The reflecting polariscope of Nörrenberg is a convenient and very easily constructed piece of apparatus for the study of polarized light. 1947 J. M. Edwards in P. I. Smith Pract. Plastics ix. 117/2 (caption) A stress pattern obtained when a transparent plastics model is loaded and viewed through a polariscope. 1993 Jrnl. Oral Rehabilitation 20 552 Various anatomical areas of the skull were viewed in a circular polariscope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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