Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diattenuation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-at-ten-u-a-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

attenuation of light that depends upon its polarization

Example Sentences

"Singular Mueller matrices play an important role in polarization algebra and have peculiar properties that stem from the fact that either the medium exhibits maximum diattenuation and/or polarizance, or because its associated canonical depolarizer has the property of fully randomizing, the circular component (at least) of the states of polarization of light incident on it."

Etymology

From dia- + attenuation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dia

Questions

What does diattenuation mean?: attenuation of light that depends upon its polarization
Where does diattenuation come from?: From dia- + attenuation.

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