"Voigt effect" meaning in All languages combined

See Voigt effect on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Voigt effects [plural]
Etymology: Named after German scientist Woldemar Voigt who discovered the effect. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Voigt effect (plural Voigt effects)
  1. (optics, physics) A magneto-optical phenomenon which rotates and elliptizes linearly polarised light sent into an optically active medium. Wikipedia link: Woldemar Voigt

Inflected forms

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