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Iceland spar

Iceland spar noun: a transparent form of calcite, used to demonstrate the polarization of light.

Noun

Iceland spar (countable and uncountable, plural Iceland spars)

  1. A transparent form of calcite, used to demonstrate the polarization of light.
    • portions of the original aragonite—which make up the nacreous layers of the pearl—had, through “induced paramorphism,” as it was known to the artful sons of Nippon, been selectively changed here and there to a different form of calcium carbonate—namely, to microscopic crystals of the doubly...2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 127
    Synonyms:
    Iceland crystal

Iceland spar meaning in Tamil

Iceland spar in Tamil

ஐசுலாந்துச்சுண்ணாம்புப்படிகக்கல், ஐசுலாந்துச்சுண்ணாம்புக்கல்

Synonyms of Iceland spar

Forms of Iceland spar

pluralIceland spars

Questions about Iceland spar

What does Iceland spar mean?
Iceland spar means a transparent form of calcite, used to demonstrate the polarization of light.
What is Iceland spar in Tamil?
Iceland spar in Tamil is ஐசுலாந்துச்சுண்ணாம்புப்படிகக்கல், ஐசுலாந்துச்சுண்ணாம்புக்கல். See Iceland spar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Iceland spar?
Iceland spar is a noun.
What is the plural of Iceland spar?
The plural of Iceland spar is Iceland spars.

Words near Iceland spar in the dictionary

  1. Iceland gull
  2. Iceland gulls
  3. Iceland moss
  4. Iceland poppies
  5. Iceland poppy
  6. Iceland spar
  7. Iceland spars
  8. Icelander
  9. Icelanders
  10. Icelandia
  11. Icelandian

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