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Extinction Angle

Definition: Extinction Angle

Extinction Angle

Noun

1. The angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized light.

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Specialty Definition: Extinction Angle

Domain	Definition
Mining	The angle between a crystallographic direction and a position of maximum extinction of an anisotropic crystal as viewed with a polarized-light microscope or polariscope. It can be diagnostic in mineral identification.Syn:angle of extinction. (references)
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Synonym: Extinction Angle

Synonym: angle of extinction (n). (additional references)

Anagrams: Extinction Angle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-i-i-l-n-n-n-o-t-t-x"
	-4 letters: continental, geanticline, intentional.
	-5 letters: actinolite, centennial, coannexing, congenital, containing, contenting, contingent, etiolating, excitation, excogitate, extincting, extinction, incogitant, intonating, intoxicant, intoxicate, licentiate, nongenetic, nongenital, toenailing.
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Alternative Orthography: Extinction Angle

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

45 78 74 69 6E 63 74 69 6F 6E 41 6E 67 6C 65

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

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

01000101 01111000 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

E x t i n c t i o n   A n g l e

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0078 0074 0069 006E 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E 0041 006E 0067 006C 0065

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

3990867580698675818023580737871

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