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NICOL PRISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nicol prism mean?
• NICOL PRISM (noun)
The noun NICOL PRISM has 1 sense:
1. optical device that produces plane-polarized light
Familiarity information: NICOL PRISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Optical device that produces plane-polarized light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Nicol prism" is a kind of...):
optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)
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