prism
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1. optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | optical device, |
| definition | : | a device for producing or controlling light (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | erecting prism, |
| definition | : | a right-angled optical prism used to turn an inverted image upright (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | biprism, |
| definition | : | an optical device for obtaining interference fringes (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | scope, telescope, |
| definition | : | a magnifier of images of distant objects (noun.artifact) |
2. a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms (noun.shape)
| hypernym | : | polyhedron, |
| definition | : | a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces (noun.shape) |
| hyponym | : | triangular prism, |
| definition | : | a prism whose bases are triangles (noun.shape) |
3. optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | prismatic, |
| definition | : | exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | prismatic, prismatic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | prismatic, |
| definition | : | exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | prismatic, prismatic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism (adj.pert) |
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