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prism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | optical prism |
| Type of | optical device |
| Has types | erecting prism |
| Derivation | prismatic |
prism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | polyhedron |
| Has types | triangular prism, parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon, quadrangular prism |
| Derivation | prismatic |
Examples of prism
prism
He views almost all of Israel's national-security challenges through that prism.
From the newsweek.com
Of course, many respondents view such matters through their own political prism.
From the washingtonpost.com
This image is reflected twice inside the prism before reaching the wearer's eye.
From the newscientist.com
Look back at the year in football through the unmistakable prism of the Gallery.
From the guardian.co.uk
Viewing business through the prism of competition made sense a half-century ago.
From the businessweek.com
He has seen the private sector through the prism of lobbyists and favor seekers.
From the time.com
No arguments on that score when you view it through the prism of club loyalties.
From the edp24.co.uk
Clearly Hager has filtered the new disclosures through his own predictable prism.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Boxer sees the whole world through the prism of liberal American social policy.
From the ocregister.com
- A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
- Optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
- Prism (or PRiSM) is a Canadian rock band originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were active from 1977 to 1984 and are active again from 1988 to present. The band's sound is a mix of Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) and pop rock. They have released a total of 13 albums to date. ...
- Prism (aka "Prism: The Human Family Songbook") is a two CD concept album by Beth Nielsen Chapman released in 2007.
- PRISM wireless networking solutions are a family of Conexant chipsets used for Wireless LANs, and were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.
- Prism (Robbie) is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a member of the Marauders.
- In geology and petrology, a prism is a long, narrow, wedge-shaped sedimentary body with a width to thickness ratio greater than 5 to 1 but less than 50 to 1, and a length 1.5 to 3 times its width.
- Jeff Scott Soto (born November 4, 1965, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent. ...
- 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
