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Meaning of Nicol prism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An optical device used to generate polarized light.

Examples

““You are in mortal danger,” declared their Scientific Officer, Dr. Counterfly, a scholarly sort⟳, bearded and bundled like⟳ the rest⟳ of them, his eyes concealed by a pair of ingenious goggles, whose lenses proved to be matched pairs of Nicol prisms which could be rotated so as to control⟳ precisely the amount of light⟳ admitted to each eye.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Nicola Nicolae Bălcescu Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome Nicolaism Nicolaitan Nicolaitanism

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