Ordinary-ray
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1.
Optics, Crystallography. the part of a doubly refracted ray whose velocity within a crystal is the same in any direction.
noun
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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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