roof prisms

A form of roof prism — A reflective optical prism containing a section where two faces meet at a 90° angle, resembling the roof of a building. Reflection from the two 90° faces returns an image that is flipped laterally across the axis where the faces meet.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of roof prism
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