An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Light exhibiting → circular polarization.

→ circular; → polarized; → light.

Light exhibiting → elliptical polarization.

→ elliptic; → polarized; → light.

Light exhibiting → linear polarization.

→ linearly; → polarized; → light.

Light exhibiting → plane polarization. Same as → linearly polarized light.

→ plane; → polarized; → light.

→ Electromagnetic radiation in the optical region which has undergone → polarization.

Past participle of → polarize; → light.

The → linearly polarized light that vibrates perpendicularly to an imaginary line joining the source to the point of observation.

Tangentially, adverb of → tangential; → polarized; → light.

A light whose electric vector of vibration is randomly oriented. Light is an → electromagnetic wave possessing an electric vector and an associated orthogonal magnetic vector. Both vectors are → transverse to the axis of propagation. In unpolarized light the electric and magnetic vibrations occur in all possible planes. Ordinary light emitted by the Sun, by a living room lamp, or by a candle flame is unpolarized light. → polarization.

→ un-; → polarized light.