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  2. Solid angle - Wikipedia

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    The solid angle of a four-sided right rectangular pyramid with apex angles a and b (dihedral angles measured to the opposite side faces of the pyramid) is = ⁡ (⁡ ⁡ ()). If both the side lengths ( α and β ) of the base of the pyramid and the distance ( d ) from the center of the base rectangle to the apex of the pyramid (the center of ...

  3. Minimum deviation - Wikipedia

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    In a prism, the angle of deviation (δ) decreases with increase in the angle of incidence (i) up to a particular angle.This angle of incidence where the angle of deviation in a prism is minimum is called the minimum deviation position of the prism and that very deviation angle is known as the minimum angle of deviation (denoted by δ min, D λ, or D m).

  4. Compound prism - Wikipedia

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    Due to its symmetry, the linear design equations (under the small angle approximation) for the double-Amici prism differ from those of the doublet prism only by a factor of 2 in front of the first term in each equation: [2] A double-Amici prism, showing the apex angles (and ) of the three elements, and the angles of incidence and refraction ...

  5. Dispersive prism - Wikipedia

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    A ray trace through a prism with apex angle α. Regions 0, 1, and 2 have indices of refraction, , and , and primed angles ′ indicate the ray's angle after refraction.. Ray angle deviation and dispersion through a prism can be determined by tracing a sample ray through the element and using Snell's law at each interface.

  6. Base (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    The third vertex opposite the base is called the apex. The extended base of a triangle (a particular case of an extended side ) is the line that contains the base. When the triangle is obtuse and the base is chosen to be one of the sides adjacent to the obtuse angle , then the altitude dropped perpendicularly from the apex to the base ...

  7. Prism (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    A star prism is a nonconvex polyhedron constructed by two identical star polygon faces on the top and bottom, being parallel and offset by a distance and connected by rectangular faces. A uniform star prism will have Schläfli symbol {p/q} × { }, with p rectangles and 2 {p/q} faces. It is topologically identical to a p-gonal prism.

  8. Solid geometry - Wikipedia

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    Hyperboloid of one sheet. Solid geometry or stereometry is the geometry of three-dimensional Euclidean space (3D space). [1] A solid figure is the region of 3D space bounded by a two-dimensional closed surface; for example, a solid ball consists of a sphere and its interior.

  9. Frustum - Wikipedia

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    The volume of a conical or pyramidal frustum is the volume of the solid before slicing its "apex" off, minus the volume of this "apex": =, where B 1 and B 2 are the base and top areas, and h 1 and h 2 are the perpendicular heights from the apex to the base and top planes. Considering that