Physics A-Level
Polaroid sunglasses
What Polaroid sunglasses means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Polaroid sunglasses
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Reduce glare from horizontal surfaces, because reflected glare is partly polarised horizontally and a vertical transmission axis blocks much of it.
Topics that use Polaroid sunglasses
- Longitudinal and transverse waves (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Classification of waves
- Compressions and rarefactions
- Evidence for transverse nature
- Longitudinal
- Longitudinal wave
- Polarisation
- Polarising filter
- Polaroid material
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