"bireflectance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bireflectances [plural]
Etymology: bi- + reflectance Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|reflectance}} bi- + reflectance Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} bireflectance (usually uncountable, plural bireflectances)
  1. (mineralogy) An optical effect in which the amount of plane polarized light reflected from a mineral sample varies as the sample is rotated Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Mineralogy Related terms: pleochroism

Inflected forms

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