State any four uses of a Polaroid. - Vidyadip

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State any four uses of a Polaroid.

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1. A Polaroid lens filter makes use of polarization by reflection. This filter is used in photography to reduce or eliminate glare from reflective nonmetallic surfaces like glass, rock faces, water and foliage. It can also deepen the colour of the skies.
2. Polaroid sunglasses reduce the transmitted intensity by a factor of one half and also reduce or eliminate glare from nonmetallic surfaces such as asphalt roadways and snow fields.
3. Polaroid filters are used in liquid crystal display (LCD) screens.
4. Polaroids are used to produce and show 3-D movies to give the viewer a perception of depth.
[Note :Three-dimensional movies are filmed from two slightly different camera locations and shown at the same time through two projectors fitted with polarizers having different transmission axes. The audience wear glasses which have two Polaroid filters whose transmission axes are the same as those on the projectors.]

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