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noun Optics, Crystallography.
the part of a doubly refracted ray that has changed speed and vibrations in the principal plane of the crystal.
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Origin of extraordinary ray
First recorded in 1870–75
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How to use extraordinary ray in a sentence
Now the refractive index of Iceland spar is, for the extraordinary ray less, and for the ordinary greater, than for Canada balsam.
Six Lectures on Light|John TyndallThe extraordinary ray, produced by the double refraction of the ordinary ray, o.
The Boy's Playbook of Science|John Henry PepperThe extraordinary ray, produced by the double refraction of the extraordinary ray, e. o o.
The Boy's Playbook of Science|John Henry Pepper
British Dictionary definitions for extraordinary ray
extraordinary ray
noun
optics the plane-polarized ray of light that does not obey the laws of refraction in a doubly refracting crystalCompare double refraction, ordinary ray
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