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- DictionaryPolaroid/ˈpəʊlərɔɪd/
noun
- 1. material in thin plastic sheets that produces a high degree of plane polarization in light passing through it: "Polaroid sunglasses"
- 2. a photograph taken with a Polaroid camera: "she's come to take more Polaroids"
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting a type of camera with internal processing that produces a finished print rapidly after each exposure.
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Polaroid definition: 1. a brand name for a camera that takes a picture and prints it after a few seconds, or a…. Learn more.
1. a brand of material for producing polarized light from unpolarized light by dichroism, consisting typically of a stretched sheet of colorless plastic treated with an iodine solution so as to have long, thin, parallel chains of polymeric molecules containing conductive iodine atoms.
A Polaroid is a material which polarises light. The phenomenon of selective absorption is made use of in the construction of polariods. There are different types of polaroids. A Polaroid consists of micro crystals of herapathite (an iodosulphate of quinine).
Polaroid definition: a brand of material for producing polarized light from unpolarized light by dichroism, consisting typically of a stretched sheet of colorless plastic treated with an iodine solution so as to have long, thin, parallel chains of polymeric molecules containing conductive iodine atoms.
The meaning of POLAROID is —used especially for a light-polarizing material used especially in eyeglasses and lamps to prevent glare or for a camera that produces developed pictures.
noun. (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare. see more.
Polaroid definition: a brand name for a camera that prints a photograph immediately after you have taken it, or a…. Learn more.
There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word Polaroid. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
1. A Polaroid camera is a small film camera that can take, develop, and print a photograph in a few seconds. [trademark] [...] 2. A Polaroid is a photograph taken with a Polaroid camera. [trademark] [...] 3. Polaroid sunglasses have been treated with a special substance in order to make the sun seem less bright. [trademark] [...] More.
1. a brand of glare-reducing material that produces polarized light by dichroism, consisting typically of an iodine-treated sheet of clear plastic. 2. the first brand of instant camera, developed by Edwin H. Land and marketed since 1948. 3. a print made by such a camera.
