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English noun: prism

1. prism (shape) a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms


Broader (hypernym)polyhedron


Narrower (hyponym)parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon, quadrangular prism, triangular prism

2. prism (artifact) optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image


Synonymsoptical prism


Broader (hypernym)optical device


Narrower (hyponym)erecting prism


Part meronymbiprism, prism spectroscope, scope, spectroscope, telescope









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