quartz wedge

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quartz wedge [′kwȯrts ′wej]

(optics)

A very thin wedge of quartz cut parallel to an optic axis; used to determine the sign of double refraction of biaxial crystals, and in other applications involving polarized light and its interaction with matter.

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