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单词 polarizer
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polarizern.

Brit. /ˈpəʊlərʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈpoʊləˌraɪzər/
Forms: 1800s– polariser, 1800s– polarizer.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polarize v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < polarize v. + -er suffix1. Compare French polariseur (1836 in sense 1).
1. A plate or prism for polarizing light or other radiation in a scientific instrument, esp. the light entering a polariscope or polarimeter (contrasted with analyser).
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments to refract, etc., light > [noun] > polariscope > parts of
tourmaline1816
analyser1833
polarizer1837
biquartz1878
biplate1890
1837 H. F. Talbot in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 127 25 When the polarizers* are crossed, we observe the following phenomenon. [Note] *By this term..I here designate the polarizing and analysing prisms of single-image calcareous spar, or the plates of tourmaline which may be employed in their stead.
1854 B. Powell Pereira's Lect. Polarized Light (ed. 2) 50 Either part..may be used as polarizer or analyzer; but whichever we use as the polarizer, the other then becomes the analyser.
1863 E. Atkinson tr. A. Ganot Elem. Treat. Physics §638 Every instrument for investigating the properties of polarised light consists essentially of two parts, one for polarising the light, the other for ascertaining the fact of light having undergone polarisation The former part is called the polariser, the latter the analyser.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks vii. 48 The polariser should revolve with perfect freedom.
1960 IRE Trans. Microwave Theory 8 520/1 This circular polarizer consists of three cascaded half- and/or quarter-wave birefringent plates.
1975 Nature 10 Jan. 98/1 The illuminating light, from a 100 W FCR tungsten-halogen bulb, traversed a heat filter and two plane polarisers.
2003 Photonics Spectra Sept. 23/2 The 810-nm photons were then separated and routed to receiver stations equipped with polarizers and single-photon-counting avalanche photodiodes.
2. A photographic or optical filter that polarizes light passing through it, used chiefly for reducing reflections and improving contrast.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > lens > filters
filter1874
light filter1874
colour screen1884
colour filter1891
mosaic screen1908
mosaic1911
sky filter1915
polarizer1935
polarizing filter1939
skylight filter1950
1935 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture Engineers 25 70 A second polarizing device placed in the path of the ray leaving the first polarizer, may or may not transmit the plane polarized ray.
1965 Pop. Photogr. June 84/1 Thanks to the gain in popularity of the SLR, the polarizer has become one of the most practical filters around.
1991 Photo Answers July 59/2 For these types of shots a polariser is ideal, saturating the colours of the sky and the costume a treat.
2002 Outdoor Photographer Dec. 92/2 Like all polarizers, the Gold-N-Blue has its greatest effect when the sun is at a right angle to the axis of your lens and filter.
3. A person who or thing which accentuates divisions or differences.
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1968 Tri-City Herald (Washington) 26 June 4/7 None of the men left in the presidential race is a polarizer.
1981 A. J. Reichley Conservatives in Age of Change iii. 48 As a result of the campaign, he acquired national identification as a political polarizer—one likely to mobilize passions at either end of the ideological spectrum.
1997 Brit. Jrnl. Educ. Stud. 45 100 White..is a ‘harmonizer’ while Fawsley and his ilk are clear ‘polarizers’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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