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non- +‎ birefringence

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nonbirefringence (uncountable)

  1. (physics) The condition of being nonbirefringent
    • 2015, Wei-Tou Ni, “Equivalence Principles, Spacetime Structure and the Cosmic Connection”, in arXiv[1]:
      This nonbirefringence constrains the spacetime constitutive tensor to high precision to a core metric form with an axion degree and a dilaton degree of freedom.