Kerr cell

Kerr cell
/kahr, kerr/, Physics.
a transparent cell filled with a fluid, usually nitrobenzene, and containing two electrodes placed between two polarizing light filters, suitable for demonstrating the Kerr effect and often used as a high-speed camera shutter.
[1925-30; see KERR EFFECT]

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