optical prism; disperses light into spectrum
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prism; a transparent polyhedral optical element used to disperse light into a spectrum or change its direction
formalA key component in spectroscopy, cameras, binoculars, and other optical instruments. The most common type is the triangular prism (三棱镜).
Niú牛
dùn顿
yòng用
sān三
léng棱
jìng镜
jiāng将
yáng阳
guāng光
fēn分
jiě解
chéng成
qī七
sè色
guāng光
pǔ谱
。
Newton used a triangular prism to disperse sunlight into a seven-color spectrum.
Zhè这
tái台
xiàng相
jī机
lǐ里
de的
léng棱
jìng镜
xì系
tǒng统
kě可
yǐ以
jiāng将
tú图
xiàng像
fǎn反
zhuǎn转
。
The prism system inside this camera can invert the image.
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Léng棱
jìng镜
shì是
xǔ许
duō多
guāng光
xué学
yí仪
qì器
bù不
kě可
huò或
quē缺
de的
bù部
fen分
。
Prisms are an indispensable part of many optical instruments.