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Nicol prism

optical polarizer made of two birefrengent calcite crystals
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Nicol prism

Summary

Nicol prism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Nicol prism is credited with the discovery of William Nicol[2].
  • Nicol prism's image is recorded as Museo di mineralogia Luigi Bombicci (Bologna) abc1 Prisma di Nicol.jpg[3].
  • Nicol prism's subclass of is recorded as polarizer[4].
  • Nicol prism's Commons category is recorded as Nicol prisms[5].
  • Nicol prism's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1828-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Nicol prism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/065d_f[7].
  • Nicol prism's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0045983[8].
  • Nicol prism's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • Nicol prism's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Nicol prism's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Nicol-prism[11].
  • Nicol prism's Treccani ID is recorded as nicol[12].
  • Nicol prism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Nicol-Prism[13].
  • Nicol prism's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as nicolprisme[14].
  • Nicol prism's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "NicolPrism::kfj94"][15].
  • Nicol prism's World of Physics ID is recorded as NicolPrism[16].
  • Nicol prism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 147027905[17].
  • Nicol prism's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3947731[18].
  • Nicol prism's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as prisma-de-nicol[19].

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Works and Contributions

Nicol prism is credited with the discovery of William Nicol[2].

Why It Matters

Nicol prism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Nicol prism. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/nicol-prism
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nicol-prism_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Nicol prism}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nicol-prism}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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