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Definition of Birefringent
1. Adjective. Relating to or characterized by double refraction.
Definition of Birefringent
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ''birefringence''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Birefringent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Birefringent
1. Refracting twice; splitting a ray of light in two. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birefringent
Literary usage of Birefringent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technical Digest edited by G. W. Day, D. L. Franzen, P. A. Williams (1999)
"For example, we showed that the DGD of a concatenation of birefringent fibres
... We present a simulation of a concatenation of highly birefringent fibres ..."
2. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"Birefringence birefringent materials present a different index of ... In a
birefringent material, one of the pair of polarization components travels at a ..."
3. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1876)
"The electio- static force and the birefringent power increase together; ...
Compared among themselves, with reference to strength of birefringent action, ..."
4. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"Crystals of the other systems are doubly refracting or birefringent, and they
are divided into uniaxial and biaxial according as they have one or two optic ..."
5. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"The position of the planes of vibration of the two components of transmitted
light in certain sections of birefringent minerals, is often a distinguishing ..."
6. Outlines of General Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1890)
"If the plate is, however, birefringent it decomposes the polarised light- from
the first polariser into two rays which are in general brought by the second ..."
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