Nicol

English

Etymology

One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.

Proper noun

Nicol (plural Nicols)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Noun

Nicol (plural Nicols)

1. Short for Nicol prism.
   • 1880, Archives of Ophthalmology, volume 9, page 450:

     Whilst I formerly used the parallel position of the two Nicols as the zero point, I adopted in these measurations the crossed position as the zero point, because it is easier to distinguish the point of maximal extinction of the rays than the point of maximal brightness.

See also

• Nicols

Anagrams

• Colin, LOINC, Licon, clino-, colin, locin