Amici prism

noun

Amici prism

noun

Etymology Named after the astronomer Giovanni Battista Amici.

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A kind of compound dispersive prism used in spectrometers, consisting of two triangular prisms in contact, with the first typically made from a medium-dispersion crown glass, and the second from a higher-dispersion flint glass.

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