DeCS

Descriptor English:

Birefringence

Descriptor Spanish:

Birrefringencia

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	birrefringencia
Entry term(s)	birrefracción refracción doble
Scope note:	Propiedad de medios no isotrópicos, como los cristales, por la que un único rayo incidente de luz atraviesa el medio como si fueran dos rayos, cada plano polarizado, dispuestos en ángulo recto uno respecto del otro. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Birrefringência

Descriptor French:

Biréfringence

Entry term(s):

Double réfraction
Réfraction double

Tree number(s):

G01.590.080

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001718

Scope note:

The property of nonisotropic media, such as crystals, whereby a single incident beam of light traverses the medium as two beams, each plane-polarized, the planes being at right angles to each other. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)

Annotation:

usually NIM

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

DeCS ID:

1742

Unique ID:

D001718

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Date Established:

1968/01/01