Concept information
Preferred term
Birefringence
Type
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Definition
- The property of nonisotropic media, such as crystals, whereby a single incident beam of light traverses the medium as two beams, each plane-polarized, the planes being at right angles to each other. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- Birefraction
- Double Refraction
In other languages
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French
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Double réfraction
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Réfraction double
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CGXGTRTL-C
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