Prism is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PRISM in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a solid figure of which the two ends are similar, equal, and parallel rectilineal figures, and the sides parallelograms
• a solid geometric figure whose two ends are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.
• a glass or other transparent object in the form of a prism, especially one that is triangular with refracting surfaces at an acute angle with each other and that separates white light into a spectrum of colours.
• used to refer to the clarification or distortion afforded by a particular viewpoint
• transparent block used to disperse light into a spectrum
• 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.
• a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
• optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a solid which disperses light into a spectrum

Words related to PRISM

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Words that contain PRISM

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How to use PRISM in a sentence

• With Alan Massey life even on a sick bed took on fascinating colors like a prism in sunlight.
• Scoresby and others, and all these are combinations of the six-sided prism.
• To prove this, the ray of white light was decomposed by means of a prism, and the decomposed rays passed through the two solutions.
• And let me say, that a prism of 2 inches square in the side is quite large enough for adjustment purposes, for it is only the face of the portrait that is wanted to be seen.
• It increases rapidly toward the violet end when the spectrum is formed by a prism.
• Her love for him, then, multiplied itself into many hues, for he was in truth the prism, on which, when it fell, all the varied beauty of its colors became visible.
• The sun, circling low about the horizon, shifted its rays, and within the nebulous cloud-masses in the valleys, fountains of prism light played.
• The young examine distant objects as through a prism.
• A glass prism of any angle will project upon a white surface a spectrum of any length, according to the arrangement of the light source, the screen, and the prism.
• Now, if we change our prism for another of exactly the same shape, but made of a different kind of glass, we shall find the spectrum thrown to a different spot.
• When the clouds opposite the sun are very dark and rain is falling from them, the rays of the sun are divided by the raindrops as they would be by a prism.
• What is a Spectrum? It is this beautiful band of seven colors obtained by the refraction of a ray of light through the prism.
• Science is the prism of Truth, which divides its rays and brings out the hues of Deity.
• The little object which he placed on the table was a piece of gold about two inches long, and shaped like an irregular prism.
• So that the world is really a liquid prism, and stream of opal.
• Every light, if you can split it up with a prism, gives the same colours.
• At the same time looking through the opening shown in the lid below the prism he selects some object, which appears nearly in line with the image seen in the prism.
• I transmit my European impressions through the prism of damaged affection.
• The two halves of the prism are kept in position, without touching each other, by means of the mounting.
• This prism is very short, and may indeed be even shorter than it is broad.

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