different between polarization vs birefringence

polarization

English

Alternative forms

  • polarisation

Etymology

From French polarisationMorphologically polarize +? -ation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?po?l?r??ze???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

polarization (countable and uncountable, plural polarizations)

  1. the production or the condition of polarity
  2. (physics) the production of polarized light; the direction in which the electric field of an electromagnetic wave points
  3. (chemistry, physics) the separation of positive and negative charges in a nucleus, atom, molecule or system
  4. the grouping of opinions into two extremes

Derived terms

Translations

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birefringence

English

Etymology

bi- +? refringence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba????f??nd??ns/

Noun

birefringence (countable and uncountable, plural birefringences)

  1. (physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium.
  2. The property of a material that light passing through it is so split.

Synonyms

  • (splitting of a ray of light): birefraction, double refraction
  • (property of a material): birefractivity

Related terms

  • birefringent
  • monorefringence
  • trirefringence

Translations

See also

  • birefraction
  • birefractive
  • birefractivity

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