polariscope

[ poh-lar-uh-skohp, puh- ]

/ poʊˈlær əˌskoʊp, pə- /

noun Optics.

an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.

Origin of polariscope

1820–30; <Medieval Latin polāri(s) polar + -scope

OTHER WORDS FROM polariscope

po·lar·i·scop·ic

[poh-lar-uh-skop-ik, puh-], /poʊˌlær əˈskɒp ɪk, pə-/, adjectivepo·lar·i·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby polariscope

polar equation, polar front, Polari, polarimeter, Polaris, polariscope, polarity, polarization, polarization charge, polarize, polarized

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Example sentences from the Web for polariscope

For this purpose, the polariscope prisms should be of large size, and both mounted in revolving settings.
Photography in the Studio and in the Field|Edward M. Estabrooke
What is the polariscope, and how is it employed in sugar work?
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder
Iceland spar is used chiefly in the optical instrument known as the polariscope.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson
Arago somewhat hastily inferred from experiments with the polariscope the wholly gaseous nature of the visible disc of the sun.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

This is measured by the polariscope, an instrument by means of which the sugar content of sugar plants is rapidly determined.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder

British Dictionary definitions for polariscope

polariscope

/ (pəʊˈlærɪˌskəʊp) /

noun

an instrument for detecting polarized light or for observing objects under polarized light, esp for detecting strain in transparent materialsSee photoelasticity

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单词	polariscope
释义	polariscope [ poh-lar-uh-skohp, puh- ] / poʊˈlær əˌskoʊp, pə- / noun Optics. an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances. Origin of polariscope 1820–30; <Medieval Latin polāri(s) polar + -scope OTHER WORDS FROM polariscope po·lar·i·scop·ic [poh-lar-uh-skop-ik, puh-], /poʊˌlær əˈskɒp ɪk, pə-/, adjectivepo·lar·i·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby polariscope polar equation, polar front, Polari, polarimeter, Polaris, polariscope, polarity, polarization, polarization charge, polarize, polarized Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for polariscope For this purpose, the polariscope prisms should be of large size, and both mounted in revolving settings. Photography in the Studio and in the Field\|Edward M. Estabrooke What is the polariscope, and how is it employed in sugar work? Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value\|Harry Snyder Iceland spar is used chiefly in the optical instrument known as the polariscope. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania \|Jewett Castello Gilson Arago somewhat hastily inferred from experiments with the polariscope the wholly gaseous nature of the visible disc of the sun. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century\|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke This is measured by the polariscope, an instrument by means of which the sugar content of sugar plants is rapidly determined. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value\|Harry Snyder British Dictionary definitions for polariscope polariscope / (pəʊˈlærɪˌskəʊp) / noun an instrument for detecting polarized light or for observing objects under polarized light, esp for detecting strain in transparent materialsSee photoelasticity Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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