Haidinger brushes
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Hai·din·ger brush·es
(hī'ding-ĕr),the perception of two dark yellowish brushes or sheaves radiating about 5 degrees from the point of fixation when an evenly illuminated surface, such as the blue sky, is viewed through a polarizing lens.
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Hai·din·ger brush·es
(hī'ding-er brŭsh'ĕz)The perception of two dark yellowish brushes or sheaves radiating about 5 degrees from the point of fixation when an evenly illuminated surface, such as the blue sky, is viewed through a polarizing lens.
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Haidinger,
Wilhelm von, Austrian mineralogist, 1795-1871.Haidinger brushes - the perception of two dark yellowish brushes when an evenly illuminated surface is viewed through a polarizing lens.
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