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polarizing filter

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polarizing filter [′pō·lə‚rīz·iŋ ‚fil·tər]
(optics)
A device which selectively absorbs components of electromagnetic radiation passing through it, so that light emerging from it is plane-polarized.


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03 (a) Colors are affected by the type of light source, characteristics of the polarizing filter, and color of the sample.
describe their method, which compares several two-dimensional images of an eruption recorded by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory through a polarizing filter (SN: 7/31/04, p.
 
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