prism

1. (noun) triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
Synonyms: optical prism
Related Words: erecting prism, optical device

2. (noun) a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
Related Words: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon, polyhedron, quadrangular prism, triangular prism



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