An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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extraordinary ray
  پرتو ِ استرشونیک   
partov-e ostaršunik

Fr.: rayon extraordinaire   

When a beam of → unpolarized light is incident on a → doubly refracting crystal, there will be two refracted rays. The ray for which → Snell's law does not hold.

extraordinary; → ray.

ordinary ray
  پرتوِ شونیک   
partov-e šunik

Fr.: rayon ordinaire   

The ray that has an → isotropic speed in a → doubly refracting crystal. It obeys → Snell's law upon refraction at the crystal surface. See also → extraordinary ray

ordinary; → ray.