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Dove prism
noun
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.
Origin of Dove prism
named after Heinrich W.
Dove
(1803–79), German physicist