prism
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- noun
- /ˈprɪzəm/
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prisma
- As the class crowded around him, he handed me the prism and instructed me to observe the prism, rotate it, and tell him what I saw.
Triangular prisms talk prisms like you're eating soup.
- Triangular prisms talk prisms like you're eating soup.
Examples
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So again, the prism that we've used as our reference is a prism that looks like this.
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The student placed his prism vertically on the picture of the shuttle's exhaust and began to rotate it.
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Now the question is, does my prism fit in each one?
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This is kind of a prism, an infinitely long prism.
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Well, remember that volume is just equal to length times width times height for a right rectangular prism, including a cube.
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This prism has two basal facets and six prism facets, which is important.
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Students create houses out of construction paper, scissors, and tape to practice calculations of volume and surface area of rectangular prisms.
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Cube specimens and prisms were then cast, after which they were vibrated for 30 seconds on a vibratory table.
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When we have these kinds of rectangular prisms, rectangular solids, object aligned box cuts are commonly used, right?
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A triangular prism has two identical triangle-shaped bases connected by rectangular faces.
Compounds
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A glass shape with angled faces that turns an upside-down image right side up
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A device made from calcite that makes light waves vibrate in one direction, used in microscopes
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An instrument that uses a prism to split light into separate colors for study
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A solid shape with two equal four-sided bases and four flat side faces joining them
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A solid with two equal regular flat shapes as ends and rectangular sides
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A solid with two equal parallel flat ends and rectangular sides that meet the ends at right angles
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A clear triangular piece of glass that bends light into a rainbow of colors
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A solid shape that has two equal triangle ends and three rectangular sides joining them
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Two clear crystal prisms joined together to make light that vibrates in one direction
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prism comes from the Greek word prisma, meaning 'something sawn' or 'cut'. A geometric prism is like a solid cut from a block with two equal ends and straight faces, so the name helps you remember its neat, 'cut' shape.