Meaning Of The Word Double refraction

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double refraction in American English
birefringence
noun: the separation of a ray of light into two unequally refracted, plane-polarized rays of orthogonal polarizations, occurring in crystals in which the velocity of light rays is not the same in all directions

double refraction in British English
noun: the splitting of a ray of unpolarized light into two unequally refracted rays polarized in mutually perpendicular planes

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