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LEFT-HANDED CURVE [2 records]

Record 1 1999-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Optics
DEF

The four-rayed spiral curve that appears when sections of right-handed and left-handed quartz crystals are placed together between crossed polarizers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Optique
DEF

[...] phénomène de polarisation rotatoire, qui se produit lorsqu'on observe, entre deux tourmalines croisées, deux lames de quartz de même épaisseur, mais de rotation inverse.

OBS

Généralement usité au pluriel d'après la source DCHIM.

Key term(s)
  • spirales d'Airy

Spanish

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