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Answer for the clue "An optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light ", 11 letters:
polariscope

Word definitions for polariscope in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a polarimeter

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an optical device used to measure the rotation of the plane of vibration of polarized light [syn: polarimeter ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polariscope \Po*lar"i*scope\, n. [Polar + -scope.] (Opt.) An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.

Usage examples of polariscope.

In short order he set up a binocular microscope, a polariscope, and an ultraviolet light on the low coffee table in front of the couch.

Butterworth would escort the customer to another room, where a variety of microscopes, light sources, polariscopes, and the like were set up.

And in this case only the polariscope can show what chemistry cannot show when we reach the point of testing Senor Barrios's blood—if that becomes necessary.

In short order he set up a binocular microscope, a polariscope, and an ultraviolet light on the low coffee table in front of the couch.