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Fresnel biprism

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noun Optics.

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Origin of Fresnel biprism

First recorded in 1935–40; see origin at fresnel

Words nearby Fresnel biprism

fresh-run, freshwater, freshwater drum, freshwater pearl, fresnel, Fresnel biprism, Fresnel lens, Fresnel mirrors, Fresno, fress, fret

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How to use Fresnel biprism in a sentence

Fresnel therefore adopted the ingenious device proposed by Condorcet, that of constructing a lens of a number of distinct pieces.
Smeaton and Lighthouses|John Smeaton
But for lenses the burner has seventeen films of flame, and is said to possess six times the power of the Fresnel lamp.
Smeaton and Lighthouses|John Smeaton
At the close of the congress the foreign secretaries placed a crown on the tomb of Fresnel.
The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900|Various
Now, Fresnel's theory always permits of this, to-day as well as before Maxwell.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar

No theory seemed more solid than that of Fresnel which attributed light to motions of the ether.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar