prism

prism

 (prĭz′əm)

n.

1. A solid figure whose bases or ends have the same size and shape and are parallel to one another, and each of whose sides is a parallelogram.

2. A transparent body of this form, often of glass and usually with triangular ends, used for separating white light passed through it into a spectrum or for reflecting beams of light.

3. A cut-glass object, such as a pendant of a chandelier.

4. A crystal form consisting of three or more similar faces parallel to a single axis.

5. A medium that misrepresents whatever is seen through it.

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[Late Latin prīsma, from Greek prīsma, thing sawed off, prism, from prīzein, to saw, variant of prīein.]

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prism

(ˈprɪzəm)

n

1. (General Physics) a transparent polygonal solid, often having triangular ends and rectangular sides, for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting and deviating light. They are used in spectroscopes, binoculars, periscopes, etc

2. (General Physics) a form of crystal with faces parallel to the vertical axis

3. (Mathematics) maths a polyhedron having parallel, polygonal, and congruent bases and sides that are parallelograms

[C16: from Medieval Latin prisma, from Greek: something shaped by sawing, from prizein to saw]

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prism

(ˈprɪz əm)

n.

1. Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.

2. Geom. a solid having bases or ends that are parallel, congruent polygons and sides that are parallelograms.

3. Crystall. a form having faces parallel to the vertical axis and intersecting the horizontal axes.

[1560–70; < Late Latin prīsma < Greek prîsma literally, something sawed, akin to prizein to saw, prístēs sawyer]

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prism

(prĭz′əm)

1. A geometric solid whose bases are congruent polygons lying in parallel planes and whose sides are parallelograms.

2. A solid of this type, often made of glass with triangular ends, used to disperse light and break it up into a spectrum.

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prism

A transparent, solid object, with at least two plane faces, that bends a light beam and splits it into its component colors.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prism - a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms polyhedron - a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon - a prism whose bases are parallelograms quadrangular prism - a prism whose bases are quadrangles triangular prism - a prism whose bases are triangles
	2.	prism - optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image optical prism biprism - an optical device for obtaining interference fringes erecting prism - a right-angled optical prism used to turn an inverted image upright optical device - a device for producing or controlling light prism spectroscope, spectroscope - an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis telescope, scope - a magnifier of images of distant objects

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Translations

مَنشورمَوْشور

hranolprizma

prisme

Prisma

prisme

prisma, strendingurstrendingur

prisma

prizmėprizminis

prizma

prisme

graniastosłuppryzmat

hranolprizma

prizma

棱柱棱镜

prism

[ˈprɪzəm] N (Geom, Tech) → prisma m

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prism

[ˈprɪzəm] n → prisme m

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prism

n → Prisma nt

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prism

[ˈprɪz/əm] n (Geom, Tech) → prisma m

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prism

(ˈprizm) noun

1. a solid figure whose sides are parallel and whose two ends are the same in shape and size. prisma مَوْشور призма prisma hranol das Prisma prisme πρίσμαprisma prisma منشور särmiö prisme מִנסָרָה समपार्श्व hasáb prisma (marg)strendingur prisma 角柱 프리즘 prizmė prizma prisma prismaprisme graniastosłup منشور prisma prismă призма hranol prizma prizma prisma รูปทรงปริซึม prizma 棱柱 призма منشور، ٹھوس چيز جس کے دونوں سرے يکساں اور مساوي ہوں lăng trụ 棱柱

2. a glass object of this shape, usually with triangular ends, which breaks up a beam of white light into the colours of the rainbow. prisma مَنشور призма prisma prizma das Prisma prisme πρίσμαprisma prisma منشور طیف نما prisma prisme פְּרִיזמָה संक्षेत्र prizma prisma prisma, strendingur prisma プリズム 분광기 prizmė prizma prisma prismaprisme pryzmat ښيښنى منشور prisma prismă призма prizma prizma prizma prisma แก้วทรงเหลี่ยม prizma 棱鏡 призма منشوري شکل ميں شيشہ کي سي چيز lăng kính 棱镜

prisˈmatic (-ˈma-) adjective

prismaties مَوْشوري، مَنْشوري призматичен prismático hranolový Prismen-... strålende πρισματικόςprismático prisma- منشور مانند prismaattinen prismatique מִנסַרתִי समापार्श्रीय, सांक्षेत्रिक prizma alakú berbentuk prisma strendur prismatico プリズムの 프리즘의, 아롱진 prizminis prizmas-; prizmatisks berbentuk prisma prismatischprismatisk, strålende pryzmatyczny د منشور په ډول prismático prismatic призматический hranolový prizmatičen prizmatičan prismatisk ซึ่งมีสีสัน prizma şeklinde 棱柱形的 призматичний منشور سے متعلق thuộc lăng trụ 棱柱形的

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