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What is meant by prism?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019
  • A solid geometric figure whose two end faces are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

2. A glass or other transparent object in this form, esp. one that is triangular with refracting surfaces at an acute angle with each other...

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