Definition of Dichroscope

1. n. An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

Definition of Dichroscope

1. Noun. An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dichroscope

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dichroscope

1. An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals. Origin: Gr. = twice + colour + to view. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dichroscope

dichromates
dichromatically
dichromatism
dichromatisms
dichromatopsia
dichromats
dichromia
dichromic
dichromic acid
dichromism
dichromium
dichromophil
dichroous
dichroscope (current term)
dichroscopes
dichroscopic
dicht
dichted
dichting
dichts
dicier
diciest
dicily
diciness
dicing
dicings

Literary usage of Dichroscope

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

1. Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics by James Ferguson, David Brewster (1823)
"The name dichroscope may be appropriately given to those instruments which ... The dichroscope, in its original state, is nothing more than a portable ..."

2. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"425) is an attempt to combine the advantages of the dichroscope with the ... As in the ordinary dichroscope, the length of the calcite is so chosen that the ..."

3. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"425-—Ocular dichroscope. to tilt the microscope backward and use the light ... 425) is an attempt to combine the advantages of the dichroscope with the ..."

4. Elements of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Blowpipe Analysis: From a by Alfred Joseph Moses, Charles Lathrop Parsons (1916)
"The dichroscope does not produce the colored rays, they emerge from the ... As the dichroscope is turned each ray from the crystal is decomposed in the ..."

5. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Theoretical and Practical Study of Minerals by Alexander Hamilton Phillips (1912)
"If there is a change of color, this is also noted thus: £ = green, <o = bluish; such is the case for beryl. The dichroscope is an instrument by ..."

6. Introduction to the Study of Minerals: A Combined Textbook and Pocket Manual by Austin Flint Rogers (1912)
"dichroscope. substances show such a marked change as this, ... A dichroscope is simply a piece of Iceland spar set in a cylindrical frame that is provided ..."

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