polariscopistn.
/pə(ʊ)ˈlarᵻskəpɪst/, U.S. /pəˈlɛrəskəpəst/, /poʊˈlɛrəskəpəst/ Science. rare.
A person who uses a polariscope.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one skilled in optics > [noun] > in use of instruments
telescopist1821
microscopist1835
micrologist1855
polariscopist1871
stereoscopist1875
microtomist1885
micrologue1892
1871 Galaxy Mag. Aug. 189 Mr. C. S. Peirce, observing with a polariscope, found ‘polarization radial to the sun, showing that light was reflected from the sun’; which observation agreed with that of Mr. Ranyard, the English polariscopist.
1927 E. W. Washburn et al. Internat. Crit. Tables Numerical Data II. 335/2 The Ventzke sugar scale, although in general use for many years, has never been fully understood by polariscopists generally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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