ANGLE OF EXTINCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does angle of extinction mean? 

• ANGLE OF EXTINCTION (noun)
  The noun ANGLE OF EXTINCTION has 1 sense:

1. the angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light

  Familiarity information: ANGLE OF EXTINCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGLE OF EXTINCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

angle of extinction; extinction angle

Hypernyms ("angle of extinction" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)