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POLARISCOPE [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

polariscope: an item in the "Optical Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

polariscope : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement optiques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Meteorology
DEF

An instrument for ascertaining, measuring, or exhibiting the properties of polarized light or for studying the interactions of polarized light with optically transparent media.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Météorologie
DEF

Instrument servant à détecter la lumière polarisée et à étudier ses propriétés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
  • Meteorología
DEF

Instrumento para detectar la luz polarizada e investigar sus propiedades.

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Record 3 2004-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
DEF

A device that can see and measure the amount strain in a piece of glass by utilizing polarized light.

CONT

[A] polariscope [is] a device employing two polarizing filters, used for examining work for internal fatigue which appears under the filters as rainbow of color.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
DEF

[Instrument d'optique qui] a pour but de mettre en évidence et de quantifier les contraintes mécaniques internes dans un matériau transparent [par exemple, le verre] à la lumière visible.

CONT

[...] le verre est un matériau très peu élastique, et les tensions arrivent vite au seuil de rupture : donc la perle se casse. On peut visualiser ces tensions internes dans du verre transparent grâce à un polariscope (formé d'une source lumineuse puis deux filtres en opposition), car les zones sous tension font tourner la lumière (= les axes de vibration des photons), créant alors des zones sombres ou lumineuses dans l'objet (en verre), en fonction des tensions [...]

Spanish

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