circularly polarized light

noun

Light (or other electromagnetic radiation) whose electric or displacement vector rotates in a plane perpendicular to the propagation direction with constant angular velocity

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nouncircularly polarized light (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesLight (or other electromagnetic radiation) whose electric or displacement vector rotates in a plane perpendicular to the propagation direction with constant angular velocity
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