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quarter-wave plate

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
quar-ter-wave -plate
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sheet of birefringent material whose thickness is such that the light associated with the larger refractive index is retarded in phase by 90° with respect of that associated with the smaller refractive index; used to convert linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light.

Inflected Forms

quarter-wave plates (plural)

Questions

What does quarter-wave plate mean?
A sheet of birefringent material whose thickness is such that the light associated with the larger refractive index is retarded in phase by 90° with respect of that associated with the smaller refractive index; used to convert linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light.

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