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  2. Prism (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Its prism has 2n vertices, 3n edges, and 2 + n faces. Take a polyhedron with V vertices, E edges, and F faces. Its prism has 2V vertices, 2E + V edges, 2F + E faces, and 2 + F cells. Take a polychoron with V vertices, E edges, F faces, and C cells. Its prism has 2V vertices, 2E + V edges, 2F + E faces, 2C + F cells, and 2 + C hypercells ...

  3. Polarizer - Wikipedia

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    A Wollaston prism. A Wollaston prism is another birefringent polarizer consisting of two triangular calcite prisms with orthogonal crystal axes that are cemented together. At the internal interface, an unpolarized beam splits into two linearly polarized rays which leave the prism at a divergence angle of 15°–45°.

  4. Fresnel equations - Wikipedia

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    The Fresnel equations (or Fresnel coefficients) describe the reflection and transmission of light (or electromagnetic radiation in general) when incident on an interface between different optical media.

  5. Torus - Wikipedia

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    Algebraically eliminating the square root gives a quartic equation, ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 + R 2 − r 2 ) 2 = 4 R 2 ( x 2 + y 2 ) . {\displaystyle \left(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}+R^{2}-r^{2}\right)^{2}=4R^{2}\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right).}

  6. Ellipsoid - Wikipedia

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    Standard equation The general ellipsoid, also known as triaxial ellipsoid, is a quadratic surface which is defined in Cartesian coordinates as: x 2 a 2 + y 2 b 2 + z 2 c 2 = 1 , {\displaystyle {\frac {x^{2}}{a^{2}}}+{\frac {y^{2}}{b^{2}}}+{\frac {z^{2}}{c^{2}}}=1,}

  7. Brewster's angle - Wikipedia

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    This equation is known as Brewster's law, and the angle defined by it is Brewster's angle. The physical mechanism for this can be qualitatively understood from the manner in which electric dipoles in the media respond to p -polarized light.

  8. Snell's law - Wikipedia

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    Snell's law (also known as the Snell–Descartes law, the ibn-Sahl law, [1] and the law of refraction) is a formula used to describe the relationship between the angles of incidence and refraction, when referring to light or other waves passing through a boundary between two different isotropic media, such as water, glass, or air.

  9. Cylinder - Wikipedia

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    When the principal axes of a quadric are aligned with the reference frame (always possible for a quadric), a general equation of the quadric in three dimensions is given by f ( x , y , z ) = A x 2 + B y 2 + C z 2 + D x + E y + G z + H = 0 , {\displaystyle f(x,y,z)=Ax^{2}+By^{2}+Cz^{2}+Dx+Ey+Gz+H=0,}

  10. Triangular prism - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a triangular prism or trigonal prism is a prism with 2 triangular bases. If the edges pair with each triangle's vertex and if they are perpendicular to the base, it is a right triangular prism. A right triangular prism may be both semiregular and uniform. The triangular prism can be used in constructing another polyhedron.

  11. Boundary layer thickness - Wikipedia

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    The above equations work for both laminar and turbulent boundary layers as long as the time-averaged velocity is used for the turbulent case. With the moments and the mean locations defined, the boundary layer thickness and shape can be described in terms of the boundary layer widths , skewnesses, and excesses (excess kurtosis).