Laboratory Procedure
circular dichroism
Subclass of:
Spectrum Analysis
Definitions related to circular dichroism:
  • A change from planar to elliptic polarization when an initially plane-polarized light wave traverses an optically active medium. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Planar polarization converts to eliptic polarization when plane polarized light travels through an optically active medium.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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