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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