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Record 1 2001-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Said of a crystal that displays "birefringence"; such a crystal has more than one "index of refraction".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Les corps anisotropes sont aussi dits «biréfringents». En effet, lorsqu'un rayon lumineux ordinaire, issu d'un milieu isotrope contigu à un corps anisotrope, rencontre leur surface de séparation, il pénètre dans le milieu anisotrope en s'y divisant en «deux rayons réfractés», d'égale intensité lumineuse mais de directions différentes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
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