Fresnel's rhomb

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• Fresnel's rhomb — Rhomb Rhomb (r[o^]mb or r[o^]m; 277), n. [L. rhombus, Gr. ro mbos rhomb, a spinning top, magic wheel, fr. re mbein to turn or whirl round, perhaps akin to E. wrench: cf. F. rhombe. Cf. {Rhombus}, {Rhumb}.] 1. (Geom.) An equilateral parallelogram …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fresnel’s rhomb — Frenelio gretasienis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Fresnel’s parallelepiped; Fresnel’s rhomb vok. Fresnelsches Parallelepiped, n rus. параллелепипед Френеля, m; ромб Френеля, m pranc. parallélépipède de Fresnel, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Rhomb — (r[o^]mb or r[o^]m; 277), n. [L. rhombus, Gr. ro mbos rhomb, a spinning top, magic wheel, fr. re mbein to turn or whirl round, perhaps akin to E. wrench: cf. F. rhombe. Cf. {Rhombus}, {Rhumb}.] 1. (Geom.) An equilateral parallelogram, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fresnel’s parallelepiped — Frenelio gretasienis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Fresnel’s parallelepiped; Fresnel’s rhomb vok. Fresnelsches Parallelepiped, n rus. параллелепипед Френеля, m; ромб Френеля, m pranc. parallélépipède de Fresnel, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Fresnel (disambiguation) — Fresnel can refer to physicist Augustin Jean Fresnel, or to the following topics associated with him:*Fresnel equations, describing light reflection and refraction *Huygens Fresnel principle, a description of wave propagation *Fresnel diffraction …   Wikipedia

• Fresnel rhomb — A Fresnel rhomb is a prism like device designed in 1817 by Augustin Jean Fresnel for producing circularly polarized light. However, in contrast to a wave plate, the rhomb does not utilise birefringent properties of the material.The rhomb (usually …   Wikipedia

• Fresnel equations — The Fresnel equations, deduced by Augustin Jean Fresnel (pronEng|freɪˈnɛl), describe the behaviour of light when moving between media of differing refractive indices. The reflection of light that the equations predict is known as Fresnel… …   Wikipedia

• parallélépipède de Fresnel — Frenelio gretasienis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Fresnel’s parallelepiped; Fresnel’s rhomb vok. Fresnelsches Parallelepiped, n rus. параллелепипед Френеля, m; ромб Френеля, m pranc. parallélépipède de Fresnel, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• fresnel rhomb — noun Usage: usually capitalized F : a rhombic prism of glass used to transform plane polarized light into circularly polarized or elliptically polarized light …   Useful english dictionary

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• Augustin-Jean Fresnel — Infobox Scientist name = Augustin Jean Fresnel box width = image width =150px caption = Augustin Jean Fresnel birth date = Birth date|1788|5|10 birth place = Broglie (Eure) death date = death date and age|1827|7|14|1788|5|10 death place =… …   Wikipedia