polarizers
Glare-reducing lenses
Polarizers are filters that block light waves vibrating in certain directions, allowing only waves aligned with a specific orientation to pass through.
They reduce glare in sunglasses, enable LCD screens to function, and help photographers control reflections: The camera's polarizer deepened the blue of the sky.
Figuratively, polarizers are people or forces that divide groups into opposing camps.
Tinted eye protection
- cameraImage capturing device
- photographyCreating images from light
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- reflectionReturned light or thought
LCD · screen · polaroid · lightwaves · lens · anti-glare · windshield · microscopy
Devices that slow motion
- transmittanceFraction not absorbed
- dichroismPolarization-dependent color absorption
- anisotropyDirection-dependent property variation
- photonicOf or using light
crystals · interference · Fresnel · Huygens · wavefront · orientation · alignment · absorption
Separate into parts
- splitSeparation into parts
- bifurcateDivide into two branches
- segregateSeparate by category
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
separate · schism · alienate · estrange · wedge · camps · sides · extremes
Division into contrasting parts
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- dualityTwofold nature
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
divergence · distinction · binary · either-or · black-and-white · extremes · spectrum · middle-ground
sunglasses
Tinted eye protection
- cameraImage capturing device
- photographyCreating images from light
- glareFierce stare or brightness
reflection · LCD · screen · polaroid · lightwaves · lens · anti-glare · windshield · microscopy · laser
retarders
Devices that slow motion
- transmittanceFraction not absorbed
- dichroismPolarization-dependent color absorption
- anisotropyDirection-dependent property variation
photonic · crystals · interference · Fresnel · Huygens · wavefront · orientation · alignment · absorption · transmission
divide
Separate into parts
partition · separate · schism · alienate · estrange · wedge · camps · sides · extremes · tribalism
dichotomy
Division into contrasting parts
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- dualityTwofold nature
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
juxtaposition · divergence · distinction · binary · either-or · black-and-white · extremes · spectrum · middle-ground · nuance
- opticslens, lenses, mirror, mirrors, prism
- fiber opticsoptical fiber, fiber optics, fiber cable, cladding, optical cable
- spectroscopy suppliescuvettes, gratings, detectors, photodetectors, PMT
polarizersunifiers
Those who consolidate disparate elements
uniters · bridge-builders · peacemakers · reconcilers · mediators
- polarized sunglassesFiltered lenses reducing glare
- polarized lensesLight-filtering eyewear components
- polarized lensLight filter blocking reflections
- polarized glassesEyewear reducing reflected glare
- polarized lightWaves oscillating in one direction
- polarized electorateVoters split into opposing factions
polarize, polarized, polarizes, depolarize, polarizer, depolarized