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optic axis

An optical path through a crystal along which a ray of light can pass without undergoing double refraction.

optic axis

(Physics / General Physics) the direction in a uniaxial crystal or one of the two directions in a biaxial crystal along which a ray of unpolarized light may pass without undergoing double refraction

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Noun	1.	optic axis - in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs; "a crystal may have either one or two optic axes" axis - a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
	2.	optic axis - a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted; "in a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly" principal axis axis - a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions

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