“bertrand”

The following 2 entries include the term bertrand.

Bertrand curve

noun

: either of two twisted curves having the property that the principal normals to one of them are also principal normals to the other

Bertrand lens

noun

: an auxiliary removable lens in the tube of a polarizing microscope used to obtain interference figures


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