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birefringence (optical properties, <attributes and properties by specific type>, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: The tendency of a material to cause a ray of light to separate, or the degree to which the ray separates, into two unequally refracted, plane-polarized rays of orthogonal polarizations. |
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birefringence (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
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birefraction (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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double refraction (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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extraordinary ray (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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ordinary ray (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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pockels effect (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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refraction, double (C,U,LC,English,UF,U,U)
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雙折射 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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shuāng zhé shè (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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shuang zhe she (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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shuang che she (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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dubbele breking (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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birrefringencia (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: D.DC |
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Physical Attributes Facet |
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.... Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name) (G) |
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................ birefringence (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 指一材質讓光線分成兩道折射率不同、平面偏極的相互正交之偏振光。 |
Dutch ..... De neiging van een materiaal een lichtstraal uiteen te laten vallen of de mate waarin een straal uiteenvalt in twee ongelijk gebroken, vlak gepolariseerde stralen van orthogonale polarisatie. |
Spanish ..... La tendencia de un material a causar un rayo de luz para separar, o el grado al que el rayo separa, en dos desigualmente refractados, rayos de planos polarizados o de polarizaciones ortogonales. |
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