An'a-lyz'er, n.

n. 1. One who, or that which, analyzes or has the power to analyze. 2. (Opt.) The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization and exhibits its properties, usually something corresponding to the polarizer, as a movable reflecting plate, a tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal; something with which to analyze and examine polarized light.