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prism

(Science: microscopy) A transparent body with at least two polished plane faces inclined with respect to each other, from which light is reflected or through which light is refracted. When light is refracted by a prism whose refractive index exceeds that of the surrounding medium, it is deviated or bent toward the thicker part of the prism.


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The Fiber Disease

... had gotten it either but wtf??? I'm not real sure what you are talking about not getting.....please explain.....I mean, are you talking about the prisms still- or God, or Revelation or what??? My take on all the comments to Maggie like "do YOU get it NOW? well, here goes..,.,my guess here..... ...

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by London
Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:14 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... again...i really do not know..... and the prism color thing I was asking about was not regards to your photo but to your question about seeing prisms in my pots and pans and from suds from soapy shampoos/ oh, get this: Last night, on my bathroom countertop, there sat this crystal clear plastic ...

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by Deena
Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:02 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... again...i really do not know..... and the prism color thing I was asking about was not regards to your photo but to your question about seeing prisms in my pots and pans and from suds from soapy shampoos/ oh, get this: Last night, on my bathroom countertop, there sat this crystal clear plastic ...

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by London
Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:44 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

Deena, I did not even have a hlink in my pm and it was only to ask your opinion on what you had previously written to me about....the color prisms in my water....shampoo, etc., that is all. the name in red? what;s up with that? I swear I meant nothing by it but to alert you and sky for a short ...

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by London
Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:57 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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The Fiber Disease

... with gleaming rhodopsin, the hue of midnight. Transcendental translucence, dioptrics by day, repeated refractions, transfusing the way. Perpetual prisms, crystals catching the light, show spectral sensations spiraling right. Opalescent ochre warms an amberlite glow, release-factor hybrids, in ...

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by codon blue
Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:46 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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