Definition of "biprism" []

• A fusion of two triangular prisms (noun)
• An optical device of this construction used to generate interference fringes (noun)

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• "In connexion with his study of the theory and phenomena of diffraction and interference he devised his double mirrors and biprism in order to obtain two sources of light independent of apertures or the edges of opaque obstacles."