roof prism

English

Noun

roof prism (plural roof prisms)

  1. 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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