prism

Etymology
, from, from (a variant of , further etymology unknown) +.

Noun

 * 1)  A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.
 * 2) An object having the shape of a geometrical prism .
 * 3)  A  or an embankment shaped like a prism  or a number of prisms, such that its volume can be easily calculated.
 * 4)  A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.
 * 5)  A transparent block in the shape of a prism , typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light.
 * 6)  A spectrum produced by light being refracted through a prism.
 * 7)  A  which is usually attached to a surveying pole as a target for a total station which emits a light beam at the device and calculates how long it takes to be reflected back in order to measure distance.
 * 8)  A perspective that colours one's perception.
 * 1)  A  which is usually attached to a surveying pole as a target for a total station which emits a light beam at the device and calculates how long it takes to be reflected back in order to measure distance.
 * 2)  A perspective that colours one's perception.
 * 1)  A perspective that colours one's perception.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَنْشُور
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܣܝܼܪܵܐ
 * Asturian: prisma
 * Azerbaijani: prizma
 * Bashkir: при́зма
 * Basque: prisma
 * Belarusian: пры́зма
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: prisma
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: при́зма
 * Czech:
 * Danish: prisme
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: prismo
 * Estonian: prisma
 * Farefare: prisma, dɔkãwo, dɔpẽrga
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პრიზმა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρίσμα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: प्रिज़्म
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: priosma
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: プリズム,
 * Kazakh: призма
 * Khmer: ព្រីស
 * Korean: 프리즘,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پوازک
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: prizma
 * Macedonian: при́зма
 * Malay: prisma
 * Moksha: призмась
 * North Frisian: prisma
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: prisme
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnol: prìșma
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: при̏зма
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: balimbing
 * Tajik: призма, маншур
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: పట్టకం
 * Thai: ปริซึม
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, граняк, граностовп
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: hình lăng trụ
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: prism
 * Yiddish: פּריזמע


 * Finnish: ,
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَنْشُور, مَوْشُور
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: prisma
 * Azerbaijani: prizma
 * Bashkir: призма
 * Basque: prisma optico
 * Belarusian: пры́зма
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: kengereg
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: prisma
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: prisme
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: prismo
 * Estonian: prisma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პრიზმა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: प्रिज़्म
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: prisma
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: プリズム,
 * Kannada: ಅಶ್ರಕ
 * Kazakh: призма
 * Khmer: ព្រីស
 * Korean: 프리즘
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: prisma
 * Latvian: prizma
 * Lithuanian: prizmė
 * Macedonian: при́зма
 * Malay: prisma
 * Malayalam: പ്രിസം
 * Maltese: priżma
 * Maori: poro
 * Marathi: लोलक
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: prisme
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਰੰਗਾਵਲ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: при̏зма
 * Roman:
 * Sinhalese: ප්‍රිස්මය
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: призма, маншур
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar: призма
 * Telugu: పట్టకం
 * Thai: ปริซึม
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: مَنْشُور
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Waray-Waray: prisma
 * West Frisian: prisma
 * Yiddish: פּריזמע


 * Finnish: takaisinheijastin
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian: