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roof prism

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 281 words | Copyright

roof prism A prism with two totally internally reflecting surfaces at 90° to each other, like a roof. An image reflected from one is reflected again from the other, emerging reflected but not laterally inverted as in a normal prism. Roof prisms are used in compact binoculars.

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