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Littrow prism en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Otto von Littrow.

Meanings

  1. A retroreflecting dispersing prism arranged so that an incident light beam entering at Brewster's angle undergoes minimal deviation and hence maximum dispersion.

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Synonyms

Littrow mirror