plural of spin polarization

circularly polarized light

(physics) polarized light in which the electric and magnetic fields vibrate in same phase

(physics) Light (or other electromagnetic radiation) whose electric or displacement vector rotates in a plane perpendicular to the propagation direction with constant angular velocity

(embryology) A region of mesenchymal connective tissue that carries instructions which direct the developing limb bud to form along the anterior-posterior axis.

plural of zone of polarizing activity

A cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the homosexual community in Britain, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne.

An instrument used to measure the rotation of the plane of polarized light as it passes through a sample of an optically active compound; cf. colmascope.

(astronomy) The pole star, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor that currently lies close to the north celestial pole; Alpha (α) Ursae Minoris

A polarimeter.