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noun
A polarizer made from two prisms of a birefringent material such as calcite, which are cemented together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
optical device that produces plane-polarized ultraviolet light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Wollaston prism
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Broader terms: optical device
History
Invented by Abbé Alexis Marie Rochon.
