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Prism

A solid glass optic ground and polished into geometrical and optically significant shapes. A prism is used for "bending" light within a system, "folding" the system into a smaller space, changing the orientation of an image, as well as combining or splitting optical beams with partial reflecting surfaces. 

See also Dove Prism , Right Angle Prism , Porro prism , Penta Prism , Amici Prism , Littrow Dispersion Prism , Trihedral Prism (Corner Cube Retroreflector) , Axicon , Equilateral (Dispersing) Prism , Parity

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