prism

noun

optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz

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

Roots

prismaprism- · Greek · thing sawn

Synonyms for prism

lensn eyepiecen magnifiern

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