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prism

noun

optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
P
Ends with
M
Contains
RI
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ˈpɹɪzəm

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Definitions

noun

  1. optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image

noun

  1. a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms

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