an optical device used to generate polarized light

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Definition of an optical device used to generate polarized light in English English dictionary

Nicol prism

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.

Hyphenation

an op·ti·cal de·vice used to gen·er·ate po·lar·ized light

Turkish pronunciation

ın äptîkıl dîvays yuzd tı cenıreyt pōlırayzd layt

Pronunciation

/ən ˈäptəkəl dəˈvīs ˈyo͞ozd tə ˈʤenərˌāt ˈpōlərˌīzd ˈlīt/ /ən ˈɑːptɪkəl dɪˈvaɪs ˈjuːzd tə ˈʤɛnɜrˌeɪt ˈpoʊlɜrˌaɪzd ˈlaɪt/