prism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă)bor.
Late Latin prismalbor.
English prism
Learned borrowing from Late Latin prisma (“(geometry) prism”), from Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă, “anything sawn; sawdust; (Koine, geometry) prism”), from πρῐ́ζω (prĭ́zō) (a variant of πρῑ́ω (prī́ō, “to saw”), further etymology unknown) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the effect or result of an action, etc.).
Inflected forms:
form: prisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
pos: noun
gloss: A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
pos: noun
gloss: A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
pos: noun
gloss: A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
pos: noun
examples: [page 13] One of theſe Parts [of a piece of black paper] I painted vvith a red Colour and the other vvith a blevv. […] This Paper I vievved through a Priſm of ſolid Glaſs, vvhoſe tvvo Sides through vvhich the Light paſſed to the Eye vvere plane and vvell poliſhed, and contained an Angle of about Sixty Degrees: vvhich Angle I call the refracting Angle of the Priſm. […] [page 17] Theſe Experiments may ſuffice for the Colours of Natural Bodies. For in the Colours made by the Refraction of Priſms this Propoſition vvill appear by the Experiments vvhich are novv to follovv in the next Propoſition.
Here, avvful [Isaac] Newton, the diſſolving clouds / Form, fronting on the ſun, thy ſhovvery priſm; / And to the ſage-inſtructed eye unfold / The various tvvine of light, by thee diſclos'd / From the vvhite mingling maze.
gloss: A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: The beams, that thro' the Oriel shine, / Make prisms in every carven glass, […]
gloss: A retroreflector (“device which reflects light back to its source with minimal scattering”) which is usually attached to a surveying pole as a target for a total station which emits a light beam at the device and calculates how long it takes to be reflected back in order to measure distance.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A perspective that colours one's perception.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: I had surveyed the landscape through the prism of poetry, which tinged every object with the hues of the rainbow.
It is a simple fact that many outside the Abu Dhabi-owned club will always view their triumph through the prism of the charges of 115 financial breaches brought against them by the Premier League, charges they fiercely deny.
Derived words: antiprism
duoprism
foreprism
gigantoprism
Glan–Foucault prism
Glan–Thompson prism
gonioprism
grism
hyperprism
microprismatic
muscle-prism
muscle prism
nanoprism
Nomarski prism
polyprismane
prismal
prismane
prismate
prismated
prismatic
prismatically
prismatoid
prismatoidal
prismed
prismenchyma
prism glass
prismic
prismless
prismlike
prismodic
prismoid
prismoidal
prism train
prismy
prisoptometer
regular muscle-prism
Sénarmont prism
slab-off prism
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: prizëm
lang: Arabic
word: مَنْشُور
roman: manšūr
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ
roman: nsīrā
lang: Armenian
word: պրիզմա
roman: prizma
lang: Asturian
word: prisma
lang: Azerbaijani
word: prizma
lang: Bashkir
word: при́зма
roman: prízma
lang: Basque
word: prisma
lang: Belarusian
word: пры́зма
roman: prýzma
lang: Bengali
word: প্রিজম
roman: prijom
lang: Bulgarian
word: при́зма
roman: prízma
lang: Burmese
word: ပရစ်ဇမ်
roman: pa.racjam
lang: Catalan
word: prisma
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 稜柱 /棱柱
roman: léngzhù
lang: Chuvash
word: при́зма
roman: prízma
lang: Czech
word: hranol
lang: Danish
word: prisme
lang: Dutch
word: prisma
lang: Esperanto
word: prismo
lang: Estonian
word: prisma
lang: Farefare
word: prisma
lang: Farefare
word: dɔkãwo
lang: Farefare
word: dɔpẽrga
lang: Finnish
word: prisma
lang: Finnish
word: särmiö
lang: French
word: prisme
lang: North Frisian
word: prisma
lang: Galician
word: prisma
lang: Georgian
word: პრიზმა
roman: ṗrizma
lang: German
word: Prisma
lang: Greek
word: πρίσμα
roman: prísma
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πρίσμα
roman: prísma
lang: Hebrew
word: מִנְסָרָה
roman: minsará
lang: Hindi
word: प्रिज़्म
roman: prizm
lang: Hungarian
word: hasáb
lang: Ido
word: prismato
lang: Indonesian
word: prisma
lang: Irish
word: priosma
lang: Italian
word: prisma
lang: Japanese
word: プリズム
roman: purizumu
lang: Japanese
word: 角柱
roman: kakuchū
lang: Kazakh
word: призма
roman: prizma
lang: Khmer
word: ព្រីស
roman: priih
lang: Korean
word: 프리즘
roman: peurijeum
lang: Korean
word: 각기둥
roman: gakgidung
lang: Central Kurdish
word: پوازک
roman: pwazk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: призма
roman: prizma
lang: Latvian
word: prizma
lang: Macedonian
word: при́зма
roman: prízma
lang: Malay
word: prisma
lang: Moksha
word: призмась
roman: prizmaś
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: prisme
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: prisme
lang: Occitan
word: prisma
lang: Persian
word: مَنشور
roman: manšur
lang: Persian
word: شوشِه
roman: šuše
lang: Polish
word: graniastosłup
lang: Portuguese
word: prisma
lang: Romagnol
word: prìșma
lang: Romanian
word: prismă
lang: Russian
word: при́зма
roman: prízma
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: при̏зма
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȉzma
lang: Slovak
word: hranol
lang: Slovene
word: prizma
lang: Spanish
word: prisma
lang: Swedish
word: prisma
lang: Tagalog
word: balimbing
lang: Tajik
word: призма
roman: prizma
lang: Tajik
word: маншур
roman: manšur
lang: Tamil
word: பட்டகம்
roman: paṭṭakam
lang: Telugu
word: పట్టకం
roman: paṭṭakaṁ
lang: Thai
word: ปริซึม
roman: bprí-sʉ̂m
lang: Turkish
word: prizma
lang: Ukrainian
word: при́зма
roman: prýzma
lang: Ukrainian
word: граняк
roman: hranjak
lang: Ukrainian
word: граностовп
roman: hranostovp
lang: Uzbek
word: prizma
lang: Vietnamese
word: hình lăng trụ
lang: Volapük
word: prismat
lang: Welsh
word: prism
lang: Yiddish
word: פּריזמע
roman: prizme
lang: Albanian
word: prizëm
lang: Arabic
word: مَنْشُور
roman: manšūr
lang: Arabic
word: مَوْشُور
roman: mawšūr
lang: Armenian
word: պրիզմա
roman: prizma
lang: Asturian
word: prisma
lang: Azerbaijani
word: prizma
lang: Bashkir
word: призма
roman: prizma
lang: Basque
word: prisma optico
lang: Belarusian
word: пры́зма
roman: prýzma
lang: Bengali
word: প্রিজম
roman: prijom
lang: Breton
word: kengereg
lang: Bulgarian
word: при́зма
roman: prízma
lang: Catalan
word: prisma
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 稜鏡 /棱镜
roman: léngjìng
lang: Czech
word: hranol
lang: Danish
word: prisme
lang: Dutch
word: prisma
lang: Esperanto
word: prismo
lang: Estonian
word: prisma
lang: Finnish
word: prisma
lang: French
word: prisme
lang: West-Frisian
word: prisma
lang: Galician
word: prisma
lang: Georgian
word: პრიზმა
roman: ṗrizma
lang: German
word: Prisma
lang: Greek
word: πρίσμα
roman: prísma
lang: Hebrew
word: מִנְסָרָה
roman: minsara
lang: Hindi
word: प्रिज़्म
roman: prizm
lang: Hungarian
word: prizma
lang: Icelandic
word: prisma
lang: Ido
word: prismato
lang: Indonesian
word: prisma
lang: Italian
word: prisma
lang: Japanese
word: プリズム
roman: purizumu
lang: Japanese
word: 三稜鏡
roman: sanryōkyō
lang: Kannada
word: ಅಶ್ರಕ
roman: aśraka
lang: Kazakh
word: призма
roman: prizma
lang: Khmer
word: ព្រីស
roman: priih
lang: Korean
word: 프리즘
roman: peurijeum
lang: Kyrgyz
word: призма
roman: prizma
lang: Latin
word: prisma
lang: Latvian
word: prizma
lang: Lithuanian
word: prizmė
lang: Macedonian
word: при́зма
roman: prízma
lang: Malay
word: prisma
lang: Malayalam
word: പ്രിസം
roman: prisaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: priżma
lang: Māori
word: poro
lang: Marathi
word: लोलक
roman: lolak
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: prisme
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: prisme
lang: Occitan
word: prisma
lang: Persian
word: مَنشور
roman: manšur
lang: Polish
word: pryzmat
lang: Portuguese
word: prisma
lang: Punjabi
word: ਰੰਗਾਵਲ
roman: raṅgāval
lang: Romanian
word: prismă
lang: Russian
word: при́зма
roman: prízma
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: при̏зма
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȉzma
lang: Sinhalese
word: ප්රිස්මය
roman: prismaya
lang: Slovak
word: hranol
lang: Slovene
word: prizma
lang: Spanish
word: prisma
lang: Swedish
word: prisma
lang: Tajik
word: призма
roman: prizma
lang: Tajik
word: маншур
roman: manšur
lang: Tamil
word: பட்டகம்
roman: paṭṭakam
lang: Tatar
word: призма
roman: prizma
lang: Telugu
word: పట్టకం
roman: paṭṭakaṁ
lang: Thai
word: ปริซึม
roman: bprí-sʉ̂m
lang: Turkish
word: prisma
lang: Ukrainian
word: при́зма
roman: prýzma
lang: Urdu
word: مَنْشُور
roman: manśūr
lang: Uzbek
word: prizma
lang: Vietnamese
word: lăng kính
lang: Volapük
word: prismat
lang: Waray-Waray
word: prisma
lang: Yiddish
word: פּריזמע
roman: prizme