Lexic.us

Definition of Double refraction

1. Noun. Splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly.

Medical Definition of Double refraction

1. The refraction of light in two slightly different directions to form two rays or vector components. Each ray is polarized, and their vibration directions are perpendicular to each other. Furthermore, each ray has a different velocity, and therefore a different refractive index. See: birefringence. (05 Aug 1998)

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Literary usage of Double refraction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF double refraction IX THE MUSCLES OF FISH EMBRYOS. BY FREDERICK W. ELLIS. CINCE the discovery of the double refraction of muscle by Boeck ..."

2. Treatise on Optics by David Brewster, Alexander Dallas Bache (1854)
"In the former case the crystal is said to have ONE AXIS of double refraction, and in the latter case TWO AXES of double refraction. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"With regard to my other criticism, concerning the significance of apparent dispersion of double refraction introduced by the correction applied for ..."

4. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1914)
"CHAPTER X double refraction WE have seen in the Chapter on Polarization that crystals of Iceland spar have the property of dividing a ray of light into two ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Closely connected with double refraction is that property of transparent minérale named ... The principal axis of double refraction in iolite is negative. ..."

6. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"On the Laws of Polarization and double refraction in regularly Crystallized Bodies. By David Brewster, LL.DFRS Land, and Edin. ..."

7. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1902)
"double refraction. The construction by which Huygens explained the ... It is not unimportant to remark that the essential problem of double refraction ..."

8. Manual of Mineralogy: Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, Reduction of by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"This is called double refraction. It is most conveniently exhibited with a crystal of calc spar, and was first noticed in a pellucid variety of this mineral ..."

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