refracting prism

  • 1doubly refracting prism — dvilūžė prizmė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. doubly refracting prism vok. doppelbrechendes Prisma, n rus. двоякопреломляющая призма, f pranc. prisme biréfringent, m …

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  • 2Refracting angle of a prism — Refracting Re*fract ing, a. Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium. [1913 Webster] {Refracting angle of a prism} (Opt.), the angle of a triangular prism included between the two sides through which the refracted beam passes in the …

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  • 3Refracting — Re*fract ing, a. Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium. [1913 Webster] {Refracting angle of a prism} (Opt.), the angle of a triangular prism included between the two sides through which the refracted beam passes in the… …

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  • 4Refracting telescope — Refracting Re*fract ing, a. Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium. [1913 Webster] {Refracting angle of a prism} (Opt.), the angle of a triangular prism included between the two sides through which the refracted beam passes in the …

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  • 5Prism — (pr[i^]z m), n. [L. prisma, Gr. pri sma, fr. pri zein, pri ein, to saw: cf. F. prisme.] 1. (Geom.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. [1913 Webster] Note: Prisms of… …

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  • 6prism — [priz′əm] n. [LL prisma < Gr, lit., something sawed < prizein, to saw < priein, to saw, bite; ? akin to Alb prish, (I) destroy, break] 1. Geom. a solid figure whose ends are parallel, polygonal, and equal in size and shape, and whose… …

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  • 7prism — /priz euhm/, n. 1. Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light. 2. Geom. a solid having bases or ends that are parallel, congruent polygons and sides… …

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  • 8Prism telescope — Telescope Tel e*scope, n. [Gr. ? viewing afar, farseeing; ? far, far off + ? a watcher, akin to ? to view: cf. F. t[ e]lescope. See {Telegraph}, and { scope}.] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. [1913… …

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  • 9refracting angle of prism — laužiamasis prizmės kampas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. refracting angle of prism vok. brechender Prismenwinkel, m rus. преломляющий угол призмы, m pranc. angle de réfraction du prisme, m …

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  • 10Refracting telescope — Telescope Tel e*scope, n. [Gr. ? viewing afar, farseeing; ? far, far off + ? a watcher, akin to ? to view: cf. F. t[ e]lescope. See {Telegraph}, and { scope}.] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. [1913… …

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