nnoun.shapea polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelogramsDerivationally Related Form:prismatic
Hypernyms:polyhedron
Inherited Hypernyms:prismpolyhedronsolidshapeattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:parallelepipedparallelepipedonparallelopipedparallelopipedonquadrangular prismtriangular prism
Full Hyponyms:cuboidparallelepipedquadrangular prismrhombohedrontriangular prism
nnoun.artifactoptical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an imageSynset:optical prism
Derivationally Related Form:prismatic
Part Holonyms:biprism prism spectroscope spectroscope scope telescope
Hypernyms:optical device
Inherited Hypernyms:prismoptical devicedeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:erecting prism
Full Hyponyms:erecting prism