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Record 1 2013-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

The direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no birefringence (double refraction).

French

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  • Minéralogie
CONT

Il existe [...] dans le cas du rhomboèdre de calcite, une direction parallèle à l'axe ternaire dans laquelle la lumière se propage sans subir le phénomène de la double réfraction. Cette direction est appelée «axe optique».

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