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Definition of Optical prism
1. Noun. Optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image.
Group relationships: Biprism, Prism Spectroscope, Spectroscope, Scope, Telescope
Specialized synonyms: Erecting Prism
Generic synonyms: Optical Device
Derivative terms: Prismatic, Prismatic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Optical Prism
Literary usage of Optical prism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Wave Motion Relating to Sound and Light: A Text Book Prepared by Peter Smith Michie (1882)
"An optical prism is a refractive medium bounded by two plane surfaces ... In the
optical prism BAC take the plane of incidence normal to the axis of the ..."
2. Elements of Natural Philosophy by William Holms Chambers Bartlett (1859)
"If they be inclined to each-other, as MN,MN', we shall have what is called an
optical prism, which consists of any refracting substance bounded by plane ..."
3. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1858)
"The optical prism, however, is usually understood to be a piece of solid glass,
having two sides constituted of equal parallelograms, and a third side, ..."
4. Manual of Advanced Optics: By C. Riborg Mann by Charles Riborg Mann (1902)
"An optical prism is a transparent solid, two of whose faces at least are plane
surfaces, which intersect in a line. This line of intersection is called the ..."
5. Manual of Advanced Optics: By C. Riborg Mann by Charles Riborg Mann (1902)
"An optical prism is a transparent solid, two of whose faces at least are plane
surfaces, which intersect in a line. This line of intersection is called the ..."
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