Definition of Prism

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Definition of Prism

Prism

A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc.

A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13.

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Prism Quotations

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
Charles Dickens

I shall refract myself, yes, I shall no longer be known as the prism.
Bruce Dickinson

The essays are different because ultimately it's things I'm interested in, and I'm really just writing about myself and using those subjects as a prism.
Chuck Klosterman

The fundamental problem for Republicans when it comes to the environment is that whatever you say is viewed through the prism of suspicion.
Frank Luntz

A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life.
John Pomfret

You see, party labels do not ensure unanimity any more than trying to cast the challenge we confront as a people through a partisan prism.
J. D. Hayworth

Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience.
Trofim Lysenko

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.
Ellen Goodman

I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener.
Arvo Part

I think people enjoyed LA Law so much, because it was the first show that delved into current events through the prism of the law.
Harry Hamlin

Prism Translations

prism in Dutch is prisma
prism in French is prisme
prism in German is Prisma
prism in Portuguese is prisma
prism in Spanish is prisma
prism in Swedish is prisma

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