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Kerr effect

noun

Definition of Kerr effect

1 : the production of double refraction in various dielectrics when placed in a strong electric field
2 : the rotation of the plane of polarization when plane-polarized light is reflected from the end of a magnet

History and Etymology for Kerr effect

after John Kerr

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