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Fringe: (also called 'apron, collar, frog hair') the short grass that separates the putting green from rough or fairway

Bi-Refringence: Splitting of light passing through certain kinds of crystals into two rays at polarized right angles to each other.

Clostridium Perfringens: A ubiquitous soil bacteria that can cause a deadly infection known as gas gangrene when it infects wounds.

Fringe Benefit: Employment benefits granted to employees in addition to their current base salary or wages (i.e., cash, merchandise, services, health insurance, pension plans, holidays, paid vacations, etc.).

Deconstruction: An interpretive movement in literary theory that reached its apex in the 1970s. Deconstruction rejects absolute interpretations, stressing ambiguities and contradictions in literature. Decon . . . View Full Definition

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Apodization: Lens treatment designed to cut down diffraction fringes that appear around the images bright points of light.

Crossed Polarization: System of using two polarizing filters, one over the light source and one between the subject and the lens. With certain materials crossed polarization causes bi-refringent effects which are . . . View Full Definition

Collar: (also called 'apron, fringe, frog hair') the short grass that separates the putting green from rough or fairway

Apron: (also called 'collar, fringe, frog hair') the short grass that separates the putting green from rough or fairway