DOUBLE REFRACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double refraction mean? 

• DOUBLE REFRACTION (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE REFRACTION has 1 sense:

1. splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE REFRACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE REFRACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

birefringence; double refraction

Hypernyms ("double refraction" is a kind of...):

refraction (the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another)