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noun
An optical device used to generate polarized light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
optical device that produces plane-polarized light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: optical device
History
Invented in 1828 by William Nicol (1770–1851) of Edinburgh.
