slow-vibration direction

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slow-vibration direction [′slō vī′brā·shən di‚rek·shən]

(optics)

The direction of the electric field vector of the ray of light that travels with the smallest velocity in an anisotropic crystal and therefore corresponds to the maximum refractive index.

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