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A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.
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The polestar. See North star, under North.
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Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.
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An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.
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Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals.
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A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope.
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The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.
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The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope.
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Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations.
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Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.
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That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.
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