polarizing angle
noun Optics.
See under Brewster's law.
Origin of polarizing angle
First recorded in 1820–30
Words nearby polarizing angle
polarization charge,
polarize,
polarized,
polarized light,
polarizer,
polarizing angle,
polarizing filter,
polarizing microscope,
polarogram,
polarograph,
polarography
Definition for polarizing angle (2 of 2)
Brewster's law
noun Optics.
the law that light will receive maximum polarization from a reflecting surface when it is incident to the surface at an angle (angle of polarization or polarizing angle) having a tangent equal to the index of refraction of the surface.
Origin of Brewster's law
named after Sir David
Brewster (1781–1868), Scottish physicist