Prism

//ˈpɹɪz(ə)m//

Synonyms for "prism" (31 found)

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Related words (15)

Noun(1 words)
optical prism

Related word relations

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3 entries

More specific

22 entries

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at location

1 entries

capable of

1 entries

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38 entries

Showing 16 of 38 words.

has context

1 entries

is a

4 entries

part of

3 entries

related to

5 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

165 translations across 87 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • prizëm noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizëm noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πρίσμα noun (type of polyhedron)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مَنْشُور noun (type of polyhedron)
  • مَنْشُور noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • مَوْشُور noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Armenian

2 entries
  • պրիզմա noun (type of polyhedron)
  • պրիզմա noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ noun (type of polyhedron)

Asturian

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Basque

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma optico noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пры́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • пры́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Bengali

2 entries
  • প্রিজম noun (type of polyhedron)
  • প্রিজম noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Breton

1 entries
  • kengereg noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပရစ်ဇမ် noun (type of polyhedron)

Catalan

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • پوازک noun (type of polyhedron)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 稜柱 /棱柱 noun (type of polyhedron)
  • 稜鏡 /棱镜 noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)

Czech

2 entries
  • hranol noun (type of polyhedron)
  • hranol noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Danish

2 entries
  • prisme noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisme noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Dutch

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • prismo noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prismo noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Estonian

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Farefare

3 entries
  • dɔkãwo noun (type of polyhedron)
  • dɔpẽrga noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)

Finnish

4 entries
  • leikkaus noun (cutting or embankment shaped like a prism or number of prisms)
  • penger noun (cutting or embankment shaped like a prism or number of prisms)
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis)

French

2 entries
  • prisme noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisme noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Galician

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Georgian

2 entries
  • პრიზმა noun (type of polyhedron)
  • პრიზმა noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

German

2 entries
  • Prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • Prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Greek

2 entries
  • πρίσμα noun (type of polyhedron)
  • πρίσμα noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִנְסָרָה noun (type of polyhedron)
  • מִנְסָרָה noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Hindi

2 entries
  • प्रिज़्म noun (type of polyhedron)
  • प्रिज़्म noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hasáb noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Ido

2 entries
  • prismato noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prismato noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Irish

1 entries
  • priosma noun (type of polyhedron)

Italian

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Japanese

4 entries
  • プリズム noun (type of polyhedron)
  • プリズム noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • 三稜鏡 noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • 角柱 noun (type of polyhedron)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಅಶ್ರಕ noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • призма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ព្រីស noun (type of polyhedron)
  • ព្រីស noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Korean

3 entries
  • 각기둥 noun (type of polyhedron)
  • 프리즘 noun (type of polyhedron)
  • 프리즘 noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • призма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Latin

1 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Latvian

2 entries
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • prizmė noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Malay

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പ്രിസം noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Maltese

1 entries
  • priżma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Marathi

1 entries
  • लोलक noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Moksha

1 entries
  • призмась noun (type of polyhedron)

Māori

1 entries
  • poro noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • prisme noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisme noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • prisme noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisme noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Occitan

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Persian

3 entries
  • شوشِه noun (type of polyhedron)
  • مَنشور noun (type of polyhedron)
  • مَنشور noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Polish

2 entries
  • graniastosłup noun (type of polyhedron)
  • pryzmat noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਰੰਗਾਵਲ noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • prìșma noun (type of polyhedron)

Romanian

2 entries
  • prismă noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prismă noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Russian

2 entries
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prȉzma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prȉzma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • при̏зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при̏зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ප්රිස්මය noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Slovak

2 entries
  • hranol noun (type of polyhedron)
  • hranol noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Slovene

2 entries
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Spanish

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Swedish

2 entries
  • prisma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • balimbing noun (type of polyhedron)

Tajik

4 entries
  • маншур noun (type of polyhedron)
  • маншур noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • призма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Tamil

2 entries
  • பட்டகம் noun (type of polyhedron)
  • பட்டகம் noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Tatar

1 entries
  • призма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Telugu

2 entries
  • పట్టకం noun (type of polyhedron)
  • పట్టకం noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Thai

2 entries
  • ปริซึม noun (type of polyhedron)
  • ปริซึม noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Turkish

2 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • граностовп noun (type of polyhedron)
  • граняк noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (type of polyhedron)
  • при́зма noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مَنْشُور noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • prizma noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prizma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hình lăng trụ noun (type of polyhedron)
  • lăng kính noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Volapük

2 entries
  • prismat noun (type of polyhedron)
  • prismat noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Welsh

1 entries
  • prism noun (type of polyhedron)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • prisma noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • פּריזמע noun (type of polyhedron)
  • פּריזמע noun (transparent block used to reflect or refract light)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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A prism decomposes light.

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Light is resolved by a prism into seven colors.

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A beam of white light is split by a prism into rays of various colors.

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Inside the prism, violet light slows down more than red light.

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