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Definition: Polarimeter |
PolarimeterNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
Synonym: PolarimeterSynonym: polariscope (n). (additional references) |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
polarimeter | 42 |
polarimeter schmidt | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 urso polar (sea bear). (various references) polari/metro, polarímetro. (various references) polarimetre. (various references) поляриметр. (various references) cái đo phân cực. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "polarimeter" (pronounced pō'leri"muter) |
| 6 | -er i" m u t er | perimeter. |
| 5 | -i" m u t er | altimeter, estimator. |
| 4 | -m u t er | accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, densitometer, diameter, fluorometer, goniometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, interferometer, kilometer, magnetometer, micrometer, odometer, parameter, photometer, spectrometer, speedometer, tensiometer, thermometer. |
| 3 | -u t er | Amphitheater, 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. | ||
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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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 61 72 69 6D 65 74 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101001 01101101 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l a r i m e t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0061 0072 0069 006D 0065 0074 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5081786784757971867184 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabe, ערבית, ערבי, arab, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة 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", "עתק | اليهودية, 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, fordítás | مجري, 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, tradução | اللغة 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, traducción | اللغة 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, tercüme | تركي 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, переміщення | أوكراني 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 thích | vietnamien, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, א 'לית, angol, inglês, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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