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Dove' prism"



Optics.
a prism that inverts a beam of light, often used in a telescope to produce an erect image. Also called erecting prism, reversing prism, rotating prism.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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