ALL meanings of birefringence
bi·re·frin·gence
B b - noun birefringence the splitting of a light ray, generally by a crystal, into two components that travel at different velocities and are polarized at right angles to each other 3
- noun birefringence double refraction. 1
- noun birefringence (physics) the splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium. 0