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1. (n.) prism
Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
2. prism
Geom. a solid having bases or ends that are parallel, congruent polygons and sides that are parallelograms.
3. prism
Crystall. a form having faces parallel to the vertical axis and intersecting the horizontal axes.
Etymology: (1560–70; < LL prīsma < Gk prîsma lit., something sawed, akin to pr&imacracute;zein to saw, prístēs sawyer)
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1. (noun) prism
a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
2. (noun) prism, optical prism
optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
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1. (noun) PRISM
a solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms
2. (noun) PRISM
a transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc
3. (noun) PRISM
a form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13
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Sense: a solid figure whose sides are parallel and whose two ends are the same in shape and size.
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 Afrikaans: prisma |
 Arabic: مَوْشور |
 Bulgarian: призма |
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 Czech: hranol |
 German: das Prisma |
 Danish: prisme |
 Greek: πρίσμα |
 Spanish: prisma |
 Estonian: prisma |
 Farsi: منشور |
 Finnish: särmiö |
 French: prisme |
 Hebrew: מִנסָרָה |
 Hindi: समपार्श्व |
 Hungarian: hasáb |
 Indonesian: prisma |
 Icelandic: (marg)strendingur |
 Italian: prisma |
 Japanese: 角柱 |
 Korean: 프리즘 |
 Lithuanian: prizmė |
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 Norwegian: prisme |
 Polish: graniastosłup |
 Persian: منشور |
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 Portuguese: prisma |
 Romanian: prismă |
 Russian: призма |
 Slovak: hranol |
 Slovenian: prizma |
 Serbian: prizma |
 Swedish: prisma |
 Thai: รูปทรงปริซึม |
 Turkish: prizma |
 Taiwanese: 棱柱 |
 Ukrainian: призма |
 Urdu: منشور، ٹھوس چيز جس کے دون |
 Vietnamese: lăng trụ |
 Chinese: 棱柱 |
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