wollaston prism

1. 1.

   optical device that produces plane-polarized ultraviolet light

   SynonymsRochon prism

   Broaderoptical device

Questions about wollaston prism

What does wollaston prism mean?

wollaston prism means "optical device that produces plane-polarized ultraviolet light".

What is another word for wollaston prism?

Close synonyms include Rochon prism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wollaston prism a common word?

wollaston prism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.