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Record 1 2001-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Mineralogy
DEF

[Is said of] a property possessed by many substances whereby plane-polarized light, in passing through them, suffers a rotation of its plane of polarization, ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Se dit d'un milieu qui fait tourner le plan de polarisation de la lumière incidente.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
  • Mineralogía
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