ordinary ray


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ordinary ray

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(General Physics) the plane-polarized ray of light that obeys the laws of refraction in a doubly-refracting crystal. Compare double refraction, extraordinary ray
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the twin ordinary ray readings remain stationary while the other two move as the stone is rotated." Such additional shadow edges, ranging from two to four pairs (four to eight lines in total), also have been referred to as satellite readings (Schiffmann, 1972, 1975).
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