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—plane-polarized /playn"poh"leuh ruyzd'/, adj.polarization of light in which the vibrations are confined to a single plane, that of the wave front. Also called linear polarization.
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plane polarization — tiesinė poliarizacija statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. linear polarization; plane polarization vok. geradlinige Polarisation, f; lineare Polarisation, f; Linearpolarisation, f rus. линейная поляризация, f; плоская поляризация, f pranc … Fizikos terminų žodynas
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