Haidinger brushes

Haidinger brushes
Hai·ding·er brushes (hiґding-ər) [Wilhelm von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, 1795–1871] see under brush.

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  • Haidinger brushes —    see Haidinger s brush …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • Haidinger's brush —    Also known as Haidinger brushes, Haidinger s brushes, and Haidinger s polarization brushes. All four eponyms refer to the Austrian physicist, geologist, and mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795 1871), who has been credited with …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • Haidinger's brush — is an entoptic phenomenon first described by Austrianphysicist Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger in 1844.Many people are able to perceive polarization of light.It may be seen as a yellowish horizontal bar or bow tie shape (with fuzzy ends, hence the… …   Wikipedia

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  • Haidinger's brushes —    see Haidinger s brush …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • Haidinger's polarization brushes —    see Haidinger s brush …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • Haidinger — Wilhelm von, Austrian mineralogist, 1795–1871. See H. brushes, under brush …   Medical dictionary

  • brush — An instrument made of some flexible material, such as bristles, attached to a handle or to the tip of a catheter. [A.S. byrst, bristle] Ayre b. a device, consisting of a long flexible tube with a b. at the distal end, for collecting gastric… …   Medical dictionary

  • Phenomene entoptique — Phénomène entoptique Les phénomènes entoptiques sont des effets visuels dont la source est dans l’œil lui même. Sommaire 1 Définition et histoire 2 Exemples de phénomènes entoptiques 2.1 Phénomène pseudo entoptique …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Phénomène entoptique — Les phénomènes entoptiques sont des effets visuels dont la source est dans l’œil lui même. Sommaire 1 Définition et histoire 2 Exemples de phénomènes entoptiques 2.1 Phénomène pseudo entoptique …   Wikipédia en Français

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