Definition of Nicols

1. nicol [n] - See also: nicol

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicols

nicknamer
nicknamers
nicknames
nicknaming
nicks
nickum
nickums
nicky-tam
nicky-tams
niclofolan
niclosamide
nicocodeine
nicodicodeine
nicofuranose
nicoise
nicols (current term)
nicomorphine
nicoracetam
nicotian
nicotiana
nicotianas
nicotianine
nicotians
nicotic
nicotidine
nicotin
nicotinamidase
nicotinamide
nicotinamide-nucleotide adenylyltransferase
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

Literary usage of Nicols

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Calendar of Wills on File and Recorded in the Offices of the Clerk of the by Berthold Fernow, New York (State). Court of Appeals, New York (State). Secretary's Office (1896)
"Natural and adopted son William nicols, sisters Mary nicols, Caty nicols, Sarah Jeffery. Real and personal estate. Executors John Dodd and John Porter. ..."

2. The Theory of Light by Thomas Preston (1901)
"Let us first consider the case in which the nicols are crossed. 268. nicols Crossed. — In the particular case in which the polariser and analyser are ..."

3. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"By examining the scale of interference colors,1 it may be seen that a very slight retardation produces a decided change in color, both with crossed nicols, ..."

4. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"By examining the scale of interference colors,1 it may be seen that a very slight retardation produces a decided change in color, both with crossed nicols, ..."

5. The Characters of Crystals: An Introduction to Physical Crystallography by Alfred Joseph Moses (1899)
"... at right angles to the optic axis and are conjugate hyperbolae, Fig. 243. They are usually only visible with monochromatic light. WITH PARALLEL nicols. ..."

6. Collections by CT Historical Society (1908)
"James nicols on said day ... Goffe Commite for laying out the farms to the men above named John more Elek nicols John mitchel Sam'1 Graves wil1 Aiken Mr Mc ..."

7. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"When between crossed nicols the two halves of the Calderon ocular are equally illuminated. A mineral section between the ocular and the polarizer affects ..."

8. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Crystals by Edward Henry ( Kraus, Walter Fred Hunt (1920)
"Behavior of Isotropic Substances, (a) In Parallel Polarized Light with Crossed nicols.—If the analyzer is removed from the microscope tube and an isotropic ..."

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