For a "sunstone" they used a polarimeter, a device that measures polarization. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
Further research will test whether the actual crystals from Scandinavia and Iceland work as well as the sensitive polarimeter. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
A polarimeter detects the changes in polarisation associated with the aerosols which differs greatly between the different types. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
Carlstrom and his associates are building a special instrument, a polarimeter, as an attachment to the SPT, to search for gravity waves. From Wordnik.com. [Spaceflight Now] Reference
For instance, the group behind the polarimeter on Glory were trying to find space on a suitable satellite for years before the Glory mission was resurrected. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
Using a polarimeter, he measured the polarised light bouncing off these models and showed that the stronger those reflections, the more flies became stuck to them. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Goddard will provide the X-ray mirrors and polarimeter instrument for GEMS and oversee the mission's science operations center, science data processing and systems engineering. From Wordnik.com. [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference
All science operations, science data processing and system engineering will be conducted at Goddard, which is also in charge of providing the X-ray mirrors and polarimeter instruments for the probe. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
Further research will test whether the actual crystals from Scandinavia and Iceland work as well as the sensitive polarimeter. feldspar, which when viewed from certain directions exhibits a gemstone. From Wordnik.com. [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference
This is a big deal because Glory will carry one new instrument (an aerosol polarimeter) that has the unique ability (among sensors flying today) to distinguish between aerosol types in the atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [RealClimate] Reference
The new sensors are prototypes for NIST polarimeter arrays that will greatly increase the sensitivity of future experiments by building thousands of detectors into monolithic units that can be deployed in cryogenic telescope cameras. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
He paused, tapped the machine and went on, "This is a polarimeter. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasure-Train] Reference
"My love meter, in registering hidden emotions, supplements what the polarimeter tells me. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasure-Train] Reference
This was then examined in the polarimeter. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
PENGUIN-M, a hard X-ray polarimeter-spectrometer; and KONUS-RF, a X-ray and gamma-ray spectrometer. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
Strain gauge, voltmeter, tarot, polarimeter, dowser, reckoner, mummy dust, microscope, you name it, probably you could find it here. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
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