Nicol prism
one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope.
Origin of Nicol prism
1- Also called Nicol .
- Compare polarizer (def. 1).
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How to use Nicol prism in a sentence
Now I put in the lantern another instrument called a "Nicol prism."
A Nicol prism large enough to embrace the entire beam of the electric lamp was placed between the lamp and the experimental tube.
Six Lectures on Light | John TyndallIt may be utterly quenched by a Nicol prism, the cloud from which it issues being caused to disappear.
Six Lectures on Light | John TyndallWe rarely have such a grand specimen of a Nicol prism as this.
I may add that the Cypridina light like any other light may be polarized by passing through a Nicol prism.
The Nature of Animal Light | E. Newton Harvey
British Dictionary definitions for Nicol prism
/ (ˈnɪkəl) /
a device composed of two prisms of Iceland spar or calcite cut at specified angles and cemented together with Canada balsam. It is used for producing plane-polarized light
Origin of Nicol prism
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