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Complete Definition of "birefringence"

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Pronunciation
IPA|/baɪrɪˈfrɪndʒəns/

Noun
birefringence
#physics the splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium

Synonyms
double refraction

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