Word Meanings - PRISMOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A body that approaches to the form of a prism.

PRISM
A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. Note: Prisms of different forms are often named from the figure of their bases; as, a triangular prism, a quadrangular
PRISMATOIDAL
Having a prismlike form. Ure.
PRISMOIDAL
Having the form of a prismoid; as, prismoidal solids.
PRISMOID
A body that approaches to the form of a prism.
PRISM GLASS
Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to reflect the light that passes through, used at windows to throw the light into the interior.
PRISMATIC; PRISMATICAL
See PRISM (more info) 1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage. 2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors.
PRISMATICALLY
In the form on manner of a prism; by means of a prism.
PRISMY
Pertaining to a prism.
DIPRISMATIC
Doubly prismatic.
MACROPRISM
A prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.
BIPRISM
A prism whose refracting angle is very nearly 180 degrees. 2. A combination of two short rectangular glass prisms cemented together at their diagonal faces so as to form a cube; -- called also optical cube. It is used in one form of photometer.