quarter plate

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Definition of quarter plate in English English dictionary

25 inches by 4

a photographic plate measuring 3

25 inches

Related Terms

quarter-wave plate

a sheet of birefringent material whose thickness is such that the light associated with the larger refractive index is retarded in phase by 90° with respect of that associated with the smaller refractive index; used to convert linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light

Hyphenation

quar·ter Plate

Turkish pronunciation

kwôrtır pleyt

Pronunciation

/ˈkwôrtər ˈplāt/ /ˈkwɔːrtɜr ˈpleɪt/