Usually means: Optical device altering polarization state.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Wave plate)

noun:  Alternative form of waveplate [(physics) A thin layer of a birefringent material that is used to introduce a controlled phase shift between the two polarization components of a light wave, thereby altering its polarization]

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