Definitions for prism



Overview of noun prism

The noun prism has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. prism

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

2. 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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