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Meaning of BIPRISM

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an optical device for obtaining interference fringes
 
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 See Also: optical device, optical prism, prism

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bi"prism\, n. [Pref. bi- + prism.]
1. A prism whose refracting angle is very nearly 180 degrees.
2. A combination of two short rectangular glass prisms
   cemented together at their diagonal faces so as to form a
   cube; -- called also {optical cube}. It is used in one
   form of photometer.
 

 

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