Assertion: natural light | /r/HasProperty | polarized
Facets:
value: partially
type: DEGREE
value: because of reflections
type: CAUSE
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of multiple scatterings
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: However, natural light is often partially polarized because of multiple scatterings and reflections.
text: In 1808 the French physicist Étienne-Louis Malus discovered that, when natural light reflects off a nonmetallic surface, it is partially polarized.