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bireflectance

bireflectance noun: an optical effect in which the amount of plane polarized light reflected from a mineral sample varies as the sample is rotated.

Noun

bireflectance (usually uncountable, plural bireflectances)

  1. (usually) An optical effect in which the amount of plane polarized light reflected from a mineral sample varies as the sample is rotated

Forms of bireflectance

pluralbireflectances

Origin of bireflectance

From bi- + reflectance.

Questions about bireflectance

What does bireflectance mean?
Bireflectance means an optical effect in which the amount of plane polarized light reflected from a mineral sample varies as the sample is rotated.
What part of speech is bireflectance?
Bireflectance is a noun.
What is the plural of bireflectance?
The plural of bireflectance is bireflectances.

Words near bireflectance in the dictionary

  1. birdysits
  2. birdysitting
  3. Birecik
  4. birectangular
  5. biredox
  6. bireflectance
  7. bireflectances
  8. birefractive
  9. birefringence
  10. birefringences
  11. birefringency

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