Etymology
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Latin prisma , from Ancient Greek πρίσμα ( prísma , “ something sawed ” ) , from πρίζω ( prízō , “ to saw ” ) .
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prism (plural prisms )
( geometry ) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram -shaped sides.
A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light.
A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis .
( figurative ) A perspective that colors one's perception .
2023 June 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 1 - 0 Inter Milan”, in BBC Sport [1] :It is a simple fact that many outside the Abu Dhabi-owned club will always view their triumph through the prism of the charges of 115 financial breaches brought against them by the Premier League, charges they fiercely deny.
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→ Japanese: プリズム ( purizumu )
→ Korean: 프리즘 ( peurijeum )
→ Thai: ปริซึม ( bprí-sʉ̂m ) Translations
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geometry: polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape
Albanian: prizëm (sq) m
Arabic: مَنْشُور m ( manšūr )
Armenian: պրիզմա (hy) ( prizma )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ m ( nsīrā )
Azerbaijani: prizma
Belarusian: пры́зма f ( prýzma )
Bulgarian: при́зма (bg) f ( prízma )
Burmese: ပရစ်ဇမ် (my) ( pa.racjam )
Catalan: prisma m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 稜柱 / 棱柱 (zh) ( léngzhù )
Czech: hranol (cs) m
Danish: prisme n
Dutch: prisma (nl) n
Esperanto: prismo
Farefare: prisma , dɔkãwo , dɔpẽrga
Finnish: särmiö (fi) , prisma (fi)
French: prisme (fr) m
Galician: prisma (gl) m
Georgian: პრიზმა ( ṗrizma )
German: Prisma (de) n
Greek: πρίσμα (el) n ( prísma )
Ancient: πρίσμα n ( prísma )
Hebrew: מִנְסָרָה (he) f ( minsará )
Hindi: प्रिज़्म m ( prizm )
Hungarian: hasáb (hu)
Ido: prismato (io)
Italian: prisma (it) m
Japanese: 角柱 (ja) ( かくちゅう, kakuchū ) , プリズム ( purizumu )
Kazakh: призма ( prizma )
Khmer: ព្រីស ( priih )
Korean: 프리즘 ( peurijeum ) , 각기둥 (ko) ( gakgidung )
Kyrgyz: призма (ky) ( prizma )
Macedonian: при́зма f ( prízma )
Malay: prisma
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prisme (no) n
Nynorsk: prisme n
Occitan: prisma (oc) m
Persian: مَنشور (fa) ( manšur ) , شوشِه (fa) ( šuše )
Polish: graniastosłup (pl) m
Portuguese: prisma (pt) m
Romagnol: prìșma m
Romanian: prismă (ro) f
Russian: при́зма (ru) f ( prízma )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: при̏зма f
Roman: prȉzma (sh) f
Slovak: hranol (sk) m
Slovene: prizma (sl) f
Spanish: prisma (es) m
Swedish: prisma (sv) n or c
Tagalog: balimbing
Tajik: призма ( prizma ) , маншур ( manšur )
Thai: ปริซึม ( bprí-sʉ̂m )
Turkish: prizma (tr)
Ukrainian: при́зма (uk) f ( prýzma ) , граностовп m ( hranostovp ) , граняк ( hranjak )
Uzbek: prizma (uz)
Vietnamese: hình lăng trụ
Volapük: prismat (vo)
block used to split or reflect light
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