noun
- plural of polariscope; optical instruments used to detect and analyze polarized light or to examine the optical properties of materials under polarized light
Usage: scientific; technical
Examples
- The laboratory was equipped with several polariscopes for materials testing.
- Geologists use polariscopes to identify minerals in thin rock sections.
- The quality control team examined the plastic samples with polariscopes.
- Modern polariscopes can detect stress patterns in transparent materials.
- Students learned to operate the polariscopes during their optics course.
- The research facility invested in new digital polariscopes for better accuracy.