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BIPRISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does biprism mean?
• BIPRISM (noun)
The noun BIPRISM has 1 sense:
1. an optical device for obtaining interference fringes
Familiarity information: BIPRISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An optical device for obtaining interference fringes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("biprism" is a kind of...):
optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)
Meronyms (parts of "biprism"):
optical prism; prism (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)
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