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sanctus(medicine)
Sanctus, the(dictionary)
sanctus(dictionary)
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quarter day(dictionary)
Quarter(medicine)

quarter-wave plate (medicine) and sanctus (iou)


quarter-wave plate (medicine)


quarter-wave plate
<microscopy> A compensator giving a retardation of about 130 nm, and a phase shift of 1/4 ~, thus constituting a device used with a polarizer and analyser designed to produce circularly polarized light.


sanctus (iou)



sanctus noun. LME.
[Latin = holy, the first word of the hymn.]
Christian Church. (Also Sanctus.) The hymn beginning Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus 'Holy, holy, holy', which forms the conclusion of the Eucharistic preface; a musical setting of this. LME.
black sanctus, a burlesque hymn; a discord of harsh sounds expressive of contempt or dislike, formerly from a husband to an unfaithful wife. L16-M19.
Comb.: sanctus bell a bell, esp. one in a turret at the junction of the nave and the chancel, rung during the sanctus or formerly also before a service to summon people to church.