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noun

Optics, Crystallography. the part of a doubly refracted ray whose velocity within a crystal is the same in any direction.

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How to use ordinary ray in a sentence

The extraordinary ray, produced by the double refraction of the ordinary ray, o.
The Boy's Playbook of Science|John Henry Pepper
The ordinary ray, produced by the double refraction of the ray c. g.
The Boy's Playbook of Science|John Henry Pepper
In calc-spar, as just stated, the ordinary ray is the most refracted.
Six Lectures on Light|John Tyndall

British Dictionary definitions for ordinary ray

ordinary ray

noun

the plane-polarized ray of light that obeys the laws of refraction in a doubly-refracting crystalCompare double refraction, extraordinary ray

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