Brewster's angle

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Etymology

Named after the Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster (1781–1868).

Proper noun

Brewster's angle

  1. An angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through a transparent dielectric surface, with no reflection.
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