Definitions for "Polarimeter"
An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.
An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light. Ordinary light from the sun or a lamp is composed of disorderly waves that vibrate in all directions perpendicular to the light beam. But polarized light consists of orderly waves that vibrate in only one direction.
a device for measuring the rotation of plane polarized light.