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double refraction  birefringence  Bifringence  Birefraction  birefringent
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Splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly WordNet 3.0
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Splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Birefringence is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. Wikipedia
Optical phenomenon Wikidata
The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium. Wiktionary
The separation of an incident ray of light into two refracted rays, polarized in perpendicular planes. Wiktionary
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refraction
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birefringent
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double refraction, birefringence
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birefringence
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birefringence
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birefringence, double refraction
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Bifringence, Birefraction, birefringent, birefringent crystal, double refraction, Electrically controlled birefringence, extraordinary polarization, extraordinary ray, Extraordinary wave, fast ray, negative birefringence, O-ray, optical anisotropy, ordinary polarization, ordinary ray, Ordinary wave, slow ray, Trirefringence, uniaxial crystal, uniaxial crystals

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