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Nicol prisms

Nicol prisms is the plural of Nicol prism.

Meaning of Nicol prism

Noun

Nicol prism (plural Nicol prisms)

  1. An optical device used to generate polarized light.
    • “You are in mortal danger,” declared their Scientific Officer, Dr. Counterfly, a scholarly sort, bearded and bundled like the rest of them, his eyes concealed by a pair of ingenious goggles, whose lenses proved to be matched pairs of Nicol prisms which could be rotated so as to control precisely...2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 155

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What is Nicol prisms the plural of?
Nicol prisms is the plural of Nicol prism.

Words near Nicol prisms in the dictionary

  1. nicodicodine
  2. nicofibrate
  3. nicofuranose
  4. Nicol
  5. Nicol prism
  6. Nicol prisms
  7. Nicola
  8. Nicolae Bălcescu
  9. Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome
  10. Nicolaism
  11. Nicolaitan

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