birefringent effect

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• birefringent — Any material that has different refractive index according to the plane of polarisation of the light. The effect is to rotate the plane of the refracted light so that, using crossed Nicholl prisms (polarisers set at right angles to give complete… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

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