noun
Usage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: probably after Joseph L. F. Bertrand
: an auxiliary removable lens in the tube of a polarizing microscope used to obtain interference figures
noun
Usage: usually capitalized B
Etymology: probably after Joseph L. F. Bertrand
: an auxiliary removable lens in the tube of a polarizing microscope used to obtain interference figures
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012