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birefringent

birefringent adjective: of or pertaining to birefringence.

Adjective

birefringent (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to birefringence
  2. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation)

birefringent meaning in Tamil

birefringent in Tamil

இரட்டை முறிவுக்குரிய

Origin of birefringent

From bi- + refringent.

Words formed from birefringent

Questions about birefringent

What does birefringent mean?
Birefringent means of or pertaining to birefringence.
What is birefringent in Tamil?
Birefringent in Tamil is இரட்டை முறிவுக்குரிய. See Birefringent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is birefringent?
Birefringent is an adjective.

Words near birefringent in the dictionary

  1. bireflectances
  2. birefractive
  3. birefringence
  4. birefringences
  5. birefringency
  6. birefringent
  7. birefringently
  8. biregional
  9. biregular
  10. biregularity
  11. biregularly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: birefringent (page history and authors); birefringent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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