"circularly polarized light" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (physics) Light (or other electromagnetic radiation) whose electric or displacement vector rotates in a plane perpendicular to the propagation direction with constant angular velocity Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: plane polarized light
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