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- [priz-uh m]
- /ˈprɪz əm/
- /ˈprɪz.əm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [priz-uh m]
- /ˈprɪz əm/
Definitions of prism word
- noun prism Optics. a transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light. 1
- noun prism Geometry. a solid having bases or ends that are parallel, congruent polygons and sides that are parallelograms. 1
- noun prism Crystallography. a form having faces parallel to the vertical axis and intersecting the horizontal axes. 1
- noun Definition of prism in Technology A distributed logic language. 1
- countable noun prism A prism is a block of clear glass or plastic which separates the light passing through it into different colours. 0
- countable noun prism If you see something through a prism of something such as time or memory, your idea of it is affected by that thing. 0
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Origin of prism
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; < Late Latin prīsma < Greek prîsma literally, something sawed, akin to prī́zein to saw, prīstēs sawyer
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Parts of speech for Prism
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prism popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
prism usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with prism
- how to find the volume of a rectangular prism?
- how to find the surface area of a rectangular prism?
- how to find the surface area of a triangular prism?
- how to find surface area of a rectangular prism?
- how to find the volume of a triangular prism?
- what is a prism?
- how to find volume of a rectangular prism?
- how to find surface area of a triangular prism?
- how do you find the volume of a rectangular prism?
- how many edges does a rectangular prism have?
- how many faces does a rectangular prism have?
- how many vertices does a rectangular prism have?
- how many faces does a triangular prism have?
- what is a rectangular prism?
- how do you find the volume of a triangular prism?