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ERECTING PRISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does erecting prism mean?
• ERECTING PRISM (noun)
The noun ERECTING PRISM has 1 sense:
1. a right-angled optical prism used to turn an inverted image upright
Familiarity information: ERECTING PRISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A right-angled optical prism used to turn an inverted image upright
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("erecting prism" is a kind of...):
optical prism; prism (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)
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