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Birefringent

Definition: Birefringent

Birefringent

Adjective

1. Relating to or characterized by double refraction.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Birefringent

DomainDefinitions

Mining

Said of a crystalline substance that displays birefringence; such materials have more than one index of refraction. Syn:birefractive;birefracting. (references)

Physics

Other. . substances. . which affect the passage of light unequally in different directions, are anisotropic or birefringent. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Birefringent

DomainTitle

Books

  • Birefringent Thin Films and Polarizing Elements (reference)

  • Experiments on birefringent Icelandic crystal (reference)

  • Selected Papers on Single-Mode Optical Fibers: Characteristics and Applications of Standard and Highly Birefringent Fibers (Spie Milestone Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Birefringent

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  birefringent

3
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Modern Translations: Birefringent

Language Translations for "birefringent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

双折射. (various references)

   

Danish

  

birefringens (birefractive), birefraktiv (birefractive), dobbeltbrydende (birefractive). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

birefractief (birefractive), dubbelbrekend (birefractive), anisotroop (anisotropic, birefractive). (various references)

   

French

  

biréfringent (birefractive), anisotrope. (various references)

   

German

  

birefraktiv (birefractive). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διπλοθλαστικός (birefractive). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kettős törő. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irefringentbay

   

Portuguese

  

birrefringente (birefractive), birrefrangente (birefractive). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

birrefringente (birefractive). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Birefringent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-f-g-i-i-n-n-r-r-t"

-1 letter: interfering.

-2 letters: benefiting, gentrifier, interfiber.

-3 letters: ferreting, inferring, infringer, interring.

-4 letters: befinger, befringe, beginner, briefing, entering, feinting, ferritin, fingerer, fringier, infringe, refining, refiring, reignite, retiring.

-5 letters: beefing, beignet, benefit, bigfeet, birring, briefer, bringer, brinier, brining, feigner, fernier, ferrite, fierier, finnier, freeing, ginnier, grifter, grinner, igniter, inbeing, integer, interne, niftier, niterie, rebegin, reefing, refiner, reifier, reining.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Birefringent


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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