isogyre

noun

iso·​gyre

: the dark shadow in an interference figure representing the locus of all points that correspond to directions of transmission through the crystal plate in which the state of polarization of the incident rays is unchanged by passage through the plate

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary is- + gyre

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