Helmholtz color mixer

a device that enables the intensity and wavelength of two light sources to be independently adjusted, mixed, and presented by means of a prism as a single homogeneous field to an observer, who views the field through a modified telescope. [Hermann von Helmholtz]

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May 8th 2024

peptide

n. a short chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds. Peptides are usually identified by the number of amino acids in the chain. For example, dipeptides have two amino acids, tripeptides three, tetrapeptides four, and so on. See also polypeptide; protein.