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allogyric birefringence (s) (noun), allogyric birefringence (pl)
In optics, a phenomenon wherein passing plane polarized light through an optical substance produces two equal beams of circularly polarized light: Allogyric birefringence involves one right-handed polarised light andand the other left-handed, each having different velocities.
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