Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word nicols.

Examples

  • Marcelin had suggested to me in 1914, by obtaining tints identical to those of the lamina by means of a quartz compensator of variable thickness which was placed between crossed nicols.

    Jean Baptiste Perrin - Nobel Lecture 1965

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.