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Record 1 2011-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A pair of Nicol prisms whose principal planes are perpendicular to each other, so that light passing through one is extinguished by the other.

CONT

The overall appearance of the horizon under crossed nicols is almost isotic.

OBS

crossed nicols: Nicols is often capitalized (crossed Nicols)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Si ces plans de vibration sont perpendiculaires (nicols croisés) aucune lumière ne franchit l'analyseur.

CONT

[...] l'examen de lames minces d'adulaire, au microscope en lumière polarisée entre nicols croisés, révèle un comportement optique beaucoup plus complexe que l'orthose normal.

OBS

Par opposition à «nicols parallèles».

Spanish

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