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noun
An optical device that separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams.
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: Rochon prism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: optical device
History
After its inventor, William Hyde Wollaston.
