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wave plate

wave plate is the alternative form of waveplate.

Meaning of waveplate

Noun

waveplate (plural waveplates)

  1. A thin layer of a birefringent material that is used to introduce a controlled phase shift between the two polarization components of a light wave, thereby altering its polarization

Forms of wave plate

pluralwave plates

Questions about wave plate

What is wave plate the alternative form of?
Wave plate is the alternative form of waveplate.

Words near wave plate in the dictionary

  1. wave operator
  2. wave operators
  3. wave packet
  4. wave packets
  5. wave picking
  6. wave plate
  7. wave plates
  8. wave pool
  9. wave pools
  10. wave power
  11. wave processing

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