Term: kerr cell: optical device consisting of a transparent cell with two electrodes between two polarizing media; passes light only if the two planes of polarization are parallel; used as a high-speed shutter or to modulate a laser beam
Candidate hypernym: object: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow → 1
Candidate hypernym: broad buckler-fern: European shield fern → 0
Candidate hypernym: fava bean: shell beans cooked as lima beans → 0
Candidate hypernym: pseudolarix: one species: golden larch → 0
Candidate hypernym: immune: a person who is immune to a particular infection → 0
Candidate hypernym: direct antonym: antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry') → 0
Candidate hypernym: nature: the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized → 0
Candidate hypernym: podicipitiform seabird: aquatic birds related to the loons → 0
Candidate hypernym: resilience: an occurrence of rebounding or springing back → 0
Candidate hypernym: tome: a (usually) large and scholarly book → 0
Candidate hypernym: canavalia: herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics → 0