Dispersive prism — Photograph of a triangular prism, dispersing light … Wikipedia
Prism — may refer to:cience and mathematics* Prism (optics), a transparent object which refracts light ** Dispersive prism, the most familiar type of optical prism * Prism (geometry), a kind of polyhedron * Prism (geology), a kind of sedimentary… … Wikipedia
Prism (optics) — For other uses, see Prism (disambiguation). A plastic prism In optics, a prism is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refract light. The exact angles between the surfaces depend on the application. The traditional… … Wikipedia
Prism — (pr[i^]z m), n. [L. prisma, Gr. pri sma, fr. pri zein, pri ein, to saw: cf. F. prisme.] 1. (Geom.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. [1913 Webster] Note: Prisms of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dispersive — Dis*pers ive, a. Tending to disperse. [1913 Webster] {Dispersive power} (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. {Dis*pers ive*ness}, n. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dispersive power — Dispersive Dis*pers ive, a. Tending to disperse. [1913 Webster] {Dispersive power} (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. {Dis*pers… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dispersive power — noun : the power of a transparent medium to separate different colors of light by refraction as measured by the difference in refractivity for two specified widely differing wavelengths divided by the refractivity at some specified intermediate… … Useful english dictionary
Amici prism — An Amici prism, with a graphical ray tracing method … Wikipedia
Abbe prism — In optics, an Abbe prism, named for its inventor, the German physicist Ernst Abbe, is a type of constant deviation dispersive prism similar to a Pellin Broca prism. tructureThe prism consist of a block of glass forming a right prism with 30° 60°… … Wikipedia
Compound prism — A compound prism is a set of multiple triangular prism elements placed in contact, and often cemented together to form a solid assembly.[1] The use of multiple elements gives several advantages to an optical designer:[2] One can achieve spectral… … Wikipedia
