polarizer
Selective light gate
A polarizer is a filter or device that restricts light waves to a single plane of vibration.
Polarizers reduce glare in sunglasses and camera lenses, and create 3D effects in cinema by sending different images to each eye.
In figurative use, a polarizer is a person or issue that divides people into opposing camps: The candidate was a polarizer who left no one indifferent.
Something that slows
- polariscopeInstrument detecting optical stress
- calciteCrystalline calcium carbonate
- tourmalineBoron silicate gemstone family
- dichroismPolarization-dependent color absorption
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- transverseExtending sideways across
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- phaseDistinct period in sequence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
coherence · propagation · interference · elliptical · circular · linear · unpolarized
Lowest shared fraction bottom
- screenDisplay or barrier
- backlightIllumination behind a display
- pixelSmallest display unit
- anti-glareReduces unwanted light bounce
monitor · panel · brightness · OLED · sunglasses · lamination · film · transmittance
Causing sharp disagreement
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- partisanBiased toward one side
- extremistOne holding fringe views
inflammatory · provocateur · agitator · demagogue · factional · contentious · splitting · discord
Tinted eye protection
- windshieldVehicle's front glass
- anti-reflectivePrevents light bouncing back
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- drivingControlling a vehicle
retarder
Something that slows
- polariscopeInstrument detecting optical stress
- calciteCrystalline calcium carbonate
- tourmalineBoron silicate gemstone family
electromagnetic
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- transverseExtending sideways across
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- phaseDistinct period in sequence
amplitude · coherence · propagation · interference · elliptical · circular · linear · unpolarized
LCD
Lowest shared fraction bottom
anti-glare · monitor · panel · brightness · OLED · sunglasses · lamination · film · transmittance · extinction
divisive
Causing sharp disagreement
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- partisanBiased toward one side
extremist · inflammatory · provocateur · agitator · demagogue · factional · contentious · splitting · discord · tribalism
sunglasses
Tinted eye protection
- windshieldVehicle's front glass
- anti-reflectivePrevents light bouncing back
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
driving · beach · skiing · haze · eye-strain · squint · outdoor
saturation
State of complete permeation
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- photographycamera, photo, flash, lens, shooting
- optical devicestelescope, lens, magnifying glass, binoculars, microscope
- blockersblocker, ad blocker, barrier, popup blocker, beta blocker
- opticslens, lenses, mirror, mirrors, prism
- LCD displaysLCD, LCD screen, LCD monitor, LCD panel, LCD TV
- polarizationdivide, divisiveness, partisanship, bifurcation, schism
polarizerdepolarizer
Agent reducing charge separation
scrambler · diffuser · randomizer · retarder · analyzer
polarizerunifier
One who consolidates
uniter · bridge-builder · peacemaker · reconciler · mediator
- polarized sunglassesFiltered lenses reducing glare
- polarized lensesLight-filtering eyewear components
- polarizing figureOne who divides opinion
- polarized lensLight filter blocking reflections
- political polarizationExtreme ideological divergence
- polarized glassesEyewear reducing reflected glare
polarization, polarizing, polarize, polarized, polarizes, depolarize, polarizations, polarizers, depolarized