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noun Optics.
one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nic·ol. Compare polarizer (def. 1).
Origin:
1870–75; after William Nicol (1768–1851), British physicist, its inventor
1870–75; after William Nicol (1768–1851), British physicist, its inventor
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Nicol prism
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