Polarizer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polarizer \Po"lar*i`zer\, n. (Physics)
     That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope
     which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a
     reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline,
     or a doubly refracting crystal.
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