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A prism has two sides that are genral polygons with n sides, and n quadrilaterals which join the two n-gons. The prism is identified by the n-gons, as an n-gonal prism.

If these n-gons are in a plane at right angles to the quadrilaterals, then the quadrilaterals are all rectangles and the prism is called a right prism.

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