Nicol Prism (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun Optics.
  1. one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope.
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  1. a device composed of two prisms of Iceland spar or calcite cut at specified angles and cemented together with Canada balsam. It is used for producing plane-polarized light
Nicol Prism (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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