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Definition: EXTRAORDINARY RAY

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: EXTRAORDINARY RAY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. (Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: EXTRAORDINARY RAY

ExpressionsDefinition
Extraordinary ray(Opt.), that one or two parts of a ray divided by double refraction which does not follow the ordinary law of refraction. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

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Specialty Expressions: EXTRAORDINARY RAY

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Extraordinary rayAerospaceThe refracted component of a beam of radiation split by having passed through a doubly refracting substance. The other component is called the ordinary ray. See magnetic double refraction. (references)
Extraordinary rayMiningLight passing through anisotropic crystals is doubly refracted with one or both ray directions not parallel to their wave normals. Such light rays do not follow Snell's law [n=(sin i)/(sin r)] of ordinary refraction and are termed "extraordinary." Also written E-ray or e-ray. Cf: law of refraction. (references)

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