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Polarimeter

Definition: Polarimeter

Polarimeter

Noun

1. An optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light.

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

Note: Polarimeter \Po`lar*im"e*ter\, noun. [Polar -meter.]. (Websters 1913)

"Polarimeter" is a common misspelling or typo for: colorimeter.


Specialty Definitions: Polarimeter

DomainDefinitions

Chemistry

An instrument for measuring the amount of polarised light, or the extent of polarisation, in the light received from a given source. Source: European Union. (references)

Solar

An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light. Ordinary light from the sun or a lamp is composed of disorderly waves that vibrate in all directions perpendicular to the light beam. But polarized light consists of orderly waves that vibrate in only one direction. (references)

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

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Synonym: Polarimeter

Synonym: polariscope (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Polarimeter

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

polarimeter

42

polarimeter schmidt

2
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Modern Translation: Polarimeter

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

Arabic 

  

‏المقطاب أداة. (various references)

   

French

  

polarimètre. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מ" קטוב. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

polariméter, sarkításmérő. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olarimeterpay

   

Portuguese

  

urso polar (sea bear). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

polari/metro, polarímetro. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

polarimetre. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

поляриметр. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

cái đo phân cực. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Polarimeter

Derivations

Words beginning with "polarimeter": polarimeters. (additional references)

Words ending with "polarimeter": photopolarimeter. (additional references)

Words containing "polarimeter": photopolarimeters. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Polarimeter"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "polarimeter" (pronounced pō'leri"muter)
6-er i" m u t erperimeter.
5-i" m u t eraltimeter, estimator.
4-m u t eraccelerometer, anemometer, barometer, densitometer, diameter, fluorometer, goniometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, interferometer, kilometer, magnetometer, micrometer, odometer, parameter, photometer, spectrometer, speedometer, tensiometer, thermometer.
3-u t erAmphitheater, arbiter, auditor, capacitor, catheter, comparator, competitor, conservator, conspirator, contributor, creditor, depositor, distributor, editor, elater, executor, exhibitor, inheritor, inhibitor, inquisitor, interlocutor, interpreter, janitor, marketer, monitor, orator, orbiter, picketer, predator, progenitor, proprietor, quieter, rioter, Sen, senator, sequitur, solicitor, telemarketer, Theater, theatre, trumpeter, visitor.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Polarimeter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-m-o-p-r-r-t"

-2 letters: arteriole, imperator, meliorate.

-3 letters: aerolite, amitrole, imparter, implorer, importer, loiterer, materiel, palterer, paltrier, pearlier, pearlite, perorate, petiolar, portiere, portlier, premolar, premoral, pretrial, priorate, proemial, realtime, reimport, retailer, retailor, rolamite, tamperer, temporal, trampler.

-4 letters: airport, alerter, alterer, armoire, atelier, earlier, emerita, emirate, empaler, emperor, emporia, emptier, epitome, impaler, impearl, implore, learier, lempira, loamier, lorimer.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-m-o-p-r-r-t"
 

+1 letter: polarimeters.

 

+2 letters: extemporarily, polarimetries.

 

+5 letters: macrolepidoptera, microlepidoptera, performabilities, photopolarimeter, pyrometallurgies, spectroheliogram, supernormalities.

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Alternative Orthography: Polarimeter


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

50 6F 6C 61 72 69 6D 65 74 65 72

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)

01010000 01101111 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101001 01101101 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 006C 0061 0072 0069 006D 0065 0074 0065 0072

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

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

5081786784757971867184

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Polarimeter"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, arabe, ערבית, ערבי, arab, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, français, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francês, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, hébreu, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, hebreu, hebraico, hebreo, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, hongrois, "ו 'רי, magyar, húngaro, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, portugais, portugál, português, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, espagnol, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, espanhol, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, turque, טורקי, török, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення‏أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, ‏الأوكراني, ukrainien, ukrán, ucraniano, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchvietnamien, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, א 'לית, angol, inglês, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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