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polarising microscope (medicine) and Birman (iou)


polarising microscope (medicine)


polarising microscope
<instrument> A microscope equipped with a polarising filter below and above the specimen which forms an image by the influence of specimen birefringence on polarised light; the polarising direction of the two filters is typically adjustable which, together with a graduated rotating stage, permits measurement of the angular value of different refractive indices in either biological or chemical specimens.


Birman (iou)



Birman noun. L20.
[var. of BURMAN.]
A cat of a long-haired breed, typically with a cream body, dark head, tail, and legs, and white paws.