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Wollaston prism

Wollaston prism noun: an optical device that separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams.

Noun

Wollaston prism (plural Wollaston prisms)

  1. An optical device that separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams.

Wollaston prism meaning in Tamil

Wollaston prism in Tamil

உவுலத்தனரியம்

Forms of Wollaston prism

pluralWollaston prisms

Origin of Wollaston prism

After its inventor, William Hyde Wollaston.

Questions about Wollaston prism

What does Wollaston prism mean?
Wollaston prism means an optical device that separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams.
What is Wollaston prism in Tamil?
Wollaston prism in Tamil is உவுலத்தனரியம். See Wollaston prism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Wollaston prism?
Wollaston prism is a noun.
What is the plural of Wollaston prism?
The plural of Wollaston prism is Wollaston prisms.

Words near Wollaston prism in the dictionary

  1. Wollard
  2. Wollards
  3. Wollaston
  4. Wollaston doublet
  5. Wollaston doublets
  6. Wollaston prism
  7. Wollaston prisms
  8. Wollaston's doublet
  9. Wollaston's doublets
  10. wollastonite
  11. wollastonites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Wollaston prism (page history and authors); wollaston prism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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