Concept information
Preferred term
Birefringence
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Birefraction
- Birefractions
- Double Refraction
- Double Refractions
- Refraction, Double
- Refractions, Double
Note
- usually NIM
Scope note
- The property of nonisotropic media, such as crystals, whereby a single incident beam of light traverses the medium as two beams, each plane-polarized, the planes being at right angles to each other. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
History note
- 68(64)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001718
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