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circular dichroism

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circular dichroism

–noun Optics.
selective absorption of one of the two possible circular polarizations of light.

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1960–65
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Main Entry: circular dichroism
Function: noun
1 : the property (as of an optically active medium) of unequal absorption of right and left plane-polarized light sothat the emergent light is elliptically polarized
2 : a spectroscopic technique that makes use of circular dichroism
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