Word Meanings - POLARIZABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Susceptible of polarization.

POLARIZATION
A peculiar affection or condition of the rays of light or heat, in consequence of which they exhibit different properties in different directions. Note: If a beam of light, which has been reflected from a plate of unsilvered glass at an angle of
SUSCEPTIBLE
up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus + 1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration. It sheds on souls susceptible
DEPOLARIZATION
The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. Depolarization of light , a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been
INSUSCEPTIBLE
Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impressed; that can not feel, receive, or admit; as, a limb insusceptible of pain; a heart insusceptible of pity; a mind insusceptible to flattery. -- In`sus*cep`ti*bly adv.