English Explanatory Dictionary

Rochon prism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A polarizer made from two prisms of a birefringent material such as calcite, which are cemented together.

Word forms

Rochon prism Rochon prisms

Etymology

Invented by Abbé Alexis Marie Rochon.

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