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Phrases 23
- triangular prismA prism with a triangular base.
- hexagonal prismany prism, an octahedron, constructed on a hexagonal base
- Nicol prismAn optical device used to generate polarized light.
- Dove prismA kind of reflective prism used to invert the orientation of an image.
- prism glassGlass with one smooth side and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to reflect the light that passes through, used at windows to throw the light into the interior.
- roof prismA reflective optical prism containing a section where two faces meet at a 90° angle, resembling the roof of a building. Reflection from the two 90° faces returns an image that is flipped laterally across the axis where the faces meet.
- wedge prismA prism with a shallow angle between its input and output surfaces.
- irregular prisma prism whose cross section is an irregular polygon
- Amici prismA kind of compound dispersive prism used in spectrometers, consisting of two triangular prisms in contact, with the first typically made from a medium-dispersion crown glass, and the second from a higher-dispersion flint glass.
- Porro prismA reflection prism used in optical instruments to alter the orientation of an image. It consists of a block of glass shaped as a right geometric prism with right-angled triangular end faces.
- Rochon prismA polarizer made from two prisms of a birefringent material such as calcite, which are cemented together.
- Wollaston prismAn optical device that separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams.
- pentagonal prismA prism with a pentagonal base.
- accretionary prismSynonym of accretionary wedge: The accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate.
- Littrow prismA retroreflecting dispersing prism arranged so that an incident light beam entering at Brewster's angle undergoes minimal deviation and hence maximum dispersion.
- Nomarski prismA modified type of Wollaston prism very similar to the Glan–Thompson prism.
- Sénarmont prismA polarizing prism very similar to the Rochon prism, except that certain rays that remain in the Rochon prism are instead deflected.
- regular muscle-prismA simplified, geometric block representing a bundle of parallel muscle fibers; an old teaching model used for explaining tension, cross-sections, and electrical properties of muscle.
- muscle-prismEllipsis of regular muscle-prism.
- slab-off prismA lens modification used to correct for differences in vision between the two eyes, particularly in cases of anisometropia, in which a prism is ground into the lens of the eye with the stronger prescription, thereby helping to align the …
- prism trainA series of dioptric prisms used with a spectroscope to increase dispersion.
- prism trainsplural of prism train: A series of dioptric prisms used with a spectroscope to increase dispersion.
- clino-prismA prism of a monoclinic crystal lying between the unit prism and the clinopinacoid.
Compound words 23
- prismaticOf or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
- grismA combination of diffraction grating and prism used to obtain spectra from selected parts of an image.
- pentaprismA five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras
- prismoidResembling a prism.
- biprismA fusion of two triangular prisms.
- foreprismA prism the light is passed through before entering a spectrometer.
- gigantoprismA very large prism in tooth enamel
- hemiprismA half-prism.
- hyperprismA prism that extends into hyperspace, having more than three dimensions.
- microprismAny of many very small prisms used, either to form a reflective surface, or to form an area in a camera's viewfinder that blurs if the image is not precisely in focus