noun
- instruments that measure the rotation of polarized light, used to determine the concentration or optical activity of substances
Usage: scientific; technical
Examples
- The laboratory uses polarimeters to analyze sugar concentrations in solutions.
- Polarimeters are essential tools in pharmaceutical quality control.
- The chemist calibrated the polarimeter before testing the sample.
- Modern polarimeters can detect very small changes in optical rotation.
- Students learned to operate polarimeters in their analytical chemistry course.
- The polarimeter readings indicated the presence of optically active compounds.