Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) prism (a polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
  2. (masculine) prism (a transparent block used to split or reflect light)
  3. (masculine) viewpoint, point of view, standpoint

Concepts

vee formation

Frequency

41k
Hyphenated as
pris‧ma
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɾisma/
Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρῖσμα (prîsma, literally “thing sawed”).

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