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Pockels effect

Pockels effect noun: an effect that changes or produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by electric field.

Noun

Pockels effect (plural Pockels effects)

  1. An effect that changes or produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by electric field.

Forms of Pockels effect

pluralPockels effects

Origin of Pockels effect

Named after Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels.

Questions about Pockels effect

What does Pockels effect mean?
Pockels effect means an effect that changes or produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by electric field.
What part of speech is Pockels effect?
Pockels effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Pockels effect?
The plural of Pockels effect is Pockels effects.

Words near Pockels effect in the dictionary

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