prism

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Etymology

Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prisma, “something sawed”), from πρίζειν (prizein, “to saw”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pɹɪzm/
• Rhymes: -ɪzm

Noun

prism (plural prisms)

1. (geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
2. A transparent block in the shape of a prism (typically with triangular ends), used to split or reflect light.
3. A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.

Derived terms

antiprism Nicol prism prismatic prismatically

prismatoid primoid prismatoid triangular prism

Translations

geometry: polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape

• Czech: hranol (cs) m
• Danish: prisme (da) n
• Esperanto: prismo (eo)
• Finnish: prisma (fi), särmiö (fi)
• French: prisme (fr) m
• German: Prisma (de) n
• Greek: πρίσμα (el) (prísma) n
• Italian: prisma (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prisme (no) n

  Nynorsk: prisme (nn) n

• Persian: منشور (fa)
• Polish: graniastosłup (pl) m
• Romanian: prismă (ro) f, prisme (ro) f pl
• Russian: призма (ru) (prízma) f
• Swedish: prisma (sv) n and c
• Volapük: prismat (vo)

block used to split or reflect light

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 稜鏡 (cmn), 稜镜 (cmn) (léngjìng), 棱鏡 (cmn), 棱镜 (cmn) (léngjìng)

• Czech: hranol (cs) m
• Danish: prisme (da) n and c
• Esperanto: prismo (eo)
• Finnish: prisma (fi)
• French: prisme (fr) m
• German: Prisma (de) n
• Greek: πρίσμα (el) (prísma) n

• Italian: prisma (it) m
• Japanese: プリズム (ja) (purizumu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prisme (no) n

  Nynorsk: prisme (nn) n

• Polish: pryzmat (pl) m
• Romanian: prismă (ro) f
• Russian: призма (ru) (prízma) f
• Swedish: prisma (sv) n and c
• Volapük: prismat (vo)