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Polariscope

Definition: Polariscope

Polariscope

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: Polariscope \Po*lar"i*scope\, noun. [Polar -scope.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Polariscope

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

An instrument for detecting polarized radiation and investigating its properties. (references)

Geography

Instrument for detecting polarized light and investigating its properties. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

An optical device consisting of two polarizers with a space between for acrystal or rock under study. Syn:stauroscope. (references)

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

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Synonym: Polariscope

Synonym: polarimeter (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Polariscope

English words defined with "polariscope": Iceland crystal, IdiophanousPolariscopic, Polariscopy, PolarizerTelepolariscope. (references)
Specialty definitions using "polariscope": gem expert, GEMOLOGISTinspector-in-processlens assorter, LENS EXAMINER, lens inspectorREFINED-SYRUP OPERATOR. (references)
Etymologies containing "polariscope": Telepolariscope. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Polariscope" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (polariscope).

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Image Slideshow: Polariscope

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Polariscope

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Polariscope room - Department of Chemistry. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Polariscope

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

polariscope

20

photoelasticity polariscope

4

polariscope reflection

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Polariscope

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

Arabic 

  

‏مكثاف الأستقطاب. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

分极镜. (various references)

   

Danish

  

polariskop (strain viewer), spaendingsproever (strain viewer), spaendingsbetragtningsapparat (strain viewer). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

polariscoop (strain viewer), polarisatieplaatje, spanningsmeter (strain viewer, voltmeter). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

polariskooppi. (various references)

   

French

  

polariscope. (various references)

   

German

  

Polariskop, Polarisationsgeraet (strain viewer), Spannungspruefer (strain viewer), Glasspannungspruefer (strain viewer). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πολωσισκόπιο (strain viewer), πολωσιοσκόπιο. (various references)

   

Italian

  

polariscopio (strain viewer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olariscopepay

   

Portuguese

  

polariscópio (strain viewer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

polariscopio (strain viewer). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

polariskop. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

полярископ. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

máy nghiệm phân cực. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Polariscope

Derivations

Words beginning with "polariscope": polariscopes. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Polariscope"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "polariscope" (pronounced pōle"ruskō'p)
7-e" r u s k ō' pperiscope.
6-r u s k ō' pgastroscope, gyroscope, horoscope, microscope.
5-u s k ō' pkaleidoscope, ophthalmoscope, oscilloscope, stethoscope, telescope.

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

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Anagrams: Polariscope

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-o-o-p-p-r-s"

-2 letters: acropolis, caprioles, episcopal, oilpapers.

-3 letters: apocopes, appliers, calipers, calories, capriole, carioles, carpools, clappers, clippers, copperas, crappies, cripples, croppies, epicarps, oilpaper, pelorias, polarise, popsicle, porpoise, precools, prolapse, propolis, proposal, replicas, sapropel, scrapple, sloppier, spiracle.

-4 letters: aerosol, apocope, applier, applies, apposer, apprise, apropos, caliper, calorie, cappers, cariole, carpels, carpool, celosia, clapper, claries, claroes, clasper, clipper.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-o-o-p-p-r-s"
 

+1 letter: polariscopes.

 

+2 letters: cephalosporin, laparoscopies.

 

+3 letters: cephalosporins.

 

+4 letters: chlorpropamides.

 

+5 letters: chemoprophylaxis, overapplications, parapsychologies.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Polariscope


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)

0050 006F 006C 0061 0072 0069 0073 0063 006F 0070 0065

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

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

5081786784758569818271

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Polariscope"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arabo, árabe, arabisk, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, chinês, chino, kinesisk, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã"

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättning‏اللغة السويدية, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення‏أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, ‏الأوكراني, 乌克兰, Oekraïens, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucraino, ucraniano, ucranio, ukrainare, 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越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnameser, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnamita, vietnames, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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