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PRONUNCIATION OF BIREFRINGENCE

birefringence  [ˌbaɪrɪˈfrɪndʒəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIREFRINGENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Birefringence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIREFRINGENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

birefringence

Birefringence

Birefringence is the optical property of a material having a refractive index that depends on the polarization and propagation direction of light. These optically anisotropic materials are said to be birefringent. The birefringence is often quantified as the maximum difference between refractive indices exhibited by the material. Crystals with asymmetric crystal structures are often birefringent, as well as plastics under mechanical stress. Birefringence is responsible for the phenomenon of double refraction whereby a ray of light, when incident upon a birefringent material, is split by polarization into two rays taking slightly different paths. This effect was first described by the Danish scientist Rasmus Bartholin in 1669, who observed it in calcite, a crystal having one of the strongest birefringences. However it was not until the 19th century that Augustin-Jean Fresnel described the phenomenon in terms of polarization, understanding light as a wave with field components in transverse polarizations.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIREFRINGENCE


allegiance
əˈliːdʒəns
astringence
əˈstrɪndʒəns
constringence
kənˈstrɪndʒəns
contingence
kənˈtɪndʒəns
convergence
kənˈvɜːdʒəns
diligence
ˈdɪlɪdʒəns
divergence
daɪˈvɜːdʒəns
emergence
ɪˈmɜːdʒəns
exigence
ˈɛksɪdʒəns
indulgence
ɪnˈdʌldʒəns
insurgence
ɪnˈsɜːdʒəns
intelligence
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns
intransigeance
ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒəns
negligence
ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəns
pungence
ˈpʌndʒəns
refringence
rɪˈfrɪndʒəns
resurgence
rɪˈsɜːdʒəns
urgence
ˈɜːdʒəns
vengeance
ˈvɛndʒəns
vergence
ˈvɜːdʒəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIREFRINGENCE

birdman
birdmen
birds of a feather
birds´ eggs
birds´-nesting
birdseed
birdshot
birdsong
birdwatch
birdwatching
birdwing
birefringent
bireme
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
biretta
Birgitta
biriani
birk
Birkbeck
birken

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIREFRINGENCE

actionable intelligence
artificial intelligence
at your convenience
counterintelligence
criminal negligence
Declaration of Indulgence
divulgence
effulgence
emotional intelligence
gross negligence
indigence
intransigence
machine intelligence
marketing intelligence
mergence
misintelligence
overindulgence
re-emergence
social intelligence
submergence
swarm intelligence

Synonyms and antonyms of birefringence in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «birefringence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIREFRINGENCE

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Translator English - Chinese

双折射
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

birrefringencia
570 millions of speakers

English

birefringence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

birefringence
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانكسار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

двулучепреломления
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

birrefringência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

birefringence
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

biréfringence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Birefringence
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Doppelbrechung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

複屈折
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복굴절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Birefringence
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lưỡng chiết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இருபக்க சிதறல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिरफ्रेंसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çift ​​kırılma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

birifrangenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dwójłomności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

двулучепреломления
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

birefringența
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διπλοδιαθλαστικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dubbelbreking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dubbelbrytning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

birefringence
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of birefringence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIREFRINGENCE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIREFRINGENCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about birefringence

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIREFRINGENCE»

Discover the use of birefringence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to birefringence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Optical Metrology: Principles and Applications
Birefringence. Measurement. Yukitoshi. Otani. CONTENTS 26.1 Introduction ........ ................................................................................................................. 615 26.2 Applications of Retardance and Birefringence Measurement .
Toru Yoshizawa, 2009
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Birefringence and Bragg grating control in femtosecond laser ...
birefringence. Heat accumulation in borosilicate glass [23] has shown to produce lower birefringence due to radial stress regions as opposed to the more asymmetric stress produced in fused silica [136, 137]; however, these features remain ...
Luis Andre Fernandes, 2012
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Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging
Depending on the values of ne and no, the sign of birefringence may be positive or negative, and specimens are therefore said to be either positively or negatively birefringent. Note also that birefringence is not a fixed value, but varies, ...
Douglas B. Murphy, 2002
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Giant Birefringence Silicon Nanophotonic Multi-slot ...
A vertical multi-slot waveguide was proposed for large birefringence. An enhanced power concentration in the low index region is shown to be responsible for the birefringence. In this chapter, optimal waveguide design was done using ...
Shun-Hui Yang, 2008
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The CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering, Second Edition
Thermal coagulation is associated with partial and total loss of the native birefringence of muscle tissues and certain fibrillar collagens as revealed by transmission polarizing microscopy (TPM) [ 146, 150). The birefringence of muscle is due to ...
D. Yogi Goswami, 2004
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Injection and Compression Molding Fundamentals
However, for other polymers constrained and free quenching also show the gapwise thermal birefringence distribution [4,37]. In particular Fig. 9 presents such data for a PC strip quenched in water, air, and between copper platens. Quenching ...
Isayev, 1987
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Structure and Properties of Oriented Polymers
2.1.4 TYPES OF BIREFRINGENCE Several types of birefringence are reported in the literature. We will try to establish some of these categories, to comment on their origin and to assess their relative importance with respect to polymeric ...
Ian M. Ward, 1997
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Polymer Structure Characterization: From Nano to Macro ...
Organized structures are often able to induce optical birefringence and when viewed using polarized light will have enhanced contrast. Imaging using crossed- polarizers or with the aid of birefringent fluids can assist with the visualization of ...
Richard Arthur Pethrick, 2007
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Fundamentals of Forensic Science
Two different refractive indices are assigned to the material for different polarization orientations (rotating the sample under the polarizing filter). Birefringence is quantified by ∆n=n e −n o where no is the refractive index for the ordinary ray and ...
Max M. Houck, Jay A. Siegel, 2010
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Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics
This is analogous to the phase problem is X-ray scattering: there is not a unique relationship between birefringence and induced microstructure. The same birefringence can arise from more than one molecular or phase structure, so that  ...
Cameron Tropea, Alexander L. Yarin, John F. Foss, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIREFRINGENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term birefringence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Helix 8 of the angiotensin- II type 1A receptor interacts with …
Plots of birefringence vs. mass for the experimental data and a selected model for AT1R-H8 binding to various lipid bilayers. The model ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
Micron Optics Announces a Depolarized Laser for its HYPERION …
Often, the nature of the FBG sensors and their deployments bring along the complexity of a birefringence or polarization sensitivity of strain, ... «PR Web, Jun 15»
3
Flexible Film Creates Colors from Reflected Light
A thin layer of high-birefringence liquid crystal is sandwiched over a metallic nanostructure shaped like an egg carton that absorbs some light ... «Photonics.com, Jun 15»
4
World's first flexible and skin-like display developed
By using a specially designed nanostructured plasmonic surface in conjunction with high birefringence liquid crystals, the team demonstrated a ... «Jagran Josh, Jun 15»
5
Novel Microscope for Nanosystems
“This birefringence can be measured very precisely and is a very sensitive indicator for the shape and orientation of the particle.”. «I-Connect007, Jun 15»
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A novel scanning cavity microscope for nanosystems
“This birefringence can be measured very precisely and is a very sensitive indicator for the shape and orientation of the particle.”. «Nanowerk, Jun 15»
7
Topas/MiTeGen LLC: Crystallization microplate
Other important features include optical clarity (92%) along with excellent UV transparency and low birefringence. Companies in this article:. «Packaging World, Jun 15»
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MiTeGen Introduces New Crystallization Microplate Made of TOPAS …
Other important features include superior optical (92% clarity) along with excellent UV transparency and low birefringence. “The In Situ-1™ ... «ThomasNet News, Jun 15»
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Ultrafast Lasers Create 3-D Crystal Waveguides in Glass
... are retained (b) as the branches merge back into a single line. The color wheel indicates the angle of the fast or slow axis of birefringence. «Photonics.com, Jun 15»
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Femtosecond laser 3D writing: from smart catheters to distributed lab …
... microfluidic networks and reservoirs, micro-optics, in-line BGW filters, birefringence tuning, interferometers, and polarization-selective taps. «SPIE Newsroom, Jun 15»

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