Polarizer vs. Analyzer

Polarizernoun

One who polarizes.

Polarizernoun

(physics) Any device that produces polarized light.

Polarizernoun

That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal.

Polarizer

A polarizer or polariser is an optical filter that lets light waves of a specific polarization pass through while blocking light waves of other polarizations. It can filter a beam of light of undefined or mixed polarization into a beam of well-defined polarization, that is polarized light.

Analyzernoun

(US) an instrument for the analysis of something

Analyzernoun

(US) a person who analyzes

Analyzernoun

One who, or that which, analyzes.

Analyzernoun

The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties.

Analyzernoun

an instrument that performs analyses