Prism

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Prism

Prism : முப்பட்டை கண்ணாடி

Prism definition

Noun.

  1. A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.
  2. A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc.
  3. A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See Form, n., 13.