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brewster's angle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
brew-ster's an-gle
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through a transparent dielectric surface, with no reflection.

Etymology

Named after the Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster (1781–1868).

Inflected Forms

Brewster's angles (plural)

Questions

What does brewster's angle mean?
An angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through a transparent dielectric surface, with no reflection.
Where does brewster's angle come from?
Named after the Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster (1781–1868).

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