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== Description ==

An optical device that contains a polarizing element. In a microscope, an analyzer is used as the second polarizing element. When the two polarizers are at right angles, or crossed, the background is black and only the [[anisotropy|anisotropic]] portions of the specimen are visible.

== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Analysator (Deut.); analyseur (Fr.);

==Resources and Citations==
* ASTM, Standard Terminology of Microscopy, Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Section 14, General Methods and Instrumentation, ASTM, E175, 75-78, May 1982

* Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, ''The Particle Atlas'', W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972



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