birefringence

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and birefringence

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while birefringence is (physics) the splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium.

Birefringence is a derived term of refringence.

In physics|lang=en terms the difference between birefringence and refringence

is that birefringence is (physics) the splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium while refringence is (physics) refractive power; refraction.

As nouns the difference between birefringence and refringence

is that birefringence is (physics) the splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium while refringence is (physics) refractive power; refraction.