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Amici prism

American  
[uh-mee-chee] / əˈmi tʃi /

noun

Optics.

  1. a compound prism that spreads out incident white light into a spectrum but produces no deviation of the central color of the dispersed beam.

Etymology

Origin of Amici prism

Named after G. B. Amici (1784–1863), Italian astronomer

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The cylinder Q above the eye-piece contains the Amici prism.

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