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prism
Overview of noun prism
The noun prism has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. prism -- (a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms)
2. prism, optical prism -- (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prism
2 senses of prism
Sense 1
prism
=> polyhedron
=> solid
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
=> optical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun prism
2 senses of prism
Sense 1
prism
=> parallelepiped, parallelopiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopipedon
=> quadrangular prism
=> triangular prism
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
=> erecting prism
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prism
2 senses of prism
Sense 1
prism
=> polyhedron
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
=> optical device
Antonyms of noun prism
Member Holonyms of noun prism
Substance Holonyms of noun prism
Part Holonyms of noun prism
1 of 2 senses of prism
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
PART OF: biprism
PART OF: telescope, scope
PART OF: spectroscope, prism spectroscope
Member Meronyms of noun prism
Substance Meronyms of noun prism
Part Meronyms of noun prism
Meronyms of noun prism
Holonyms of noun prism
1 of 2 senses of prism
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
PART OF: biprism
PART OF: telescope, scope
PART OF: spectroscope, prism spectroscope
Attributes of noun prism
Derived Forms of noun prism
2 senses of prism
Sense 1
prism
RELATED TO>(adj) prismatic#1
=> prismatic
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
RELATED TO>(adj) prismatic#2
=> prismatic
RELATED TO>(adj) prismatic#1
=> prismatic
Domain of noun prism
Domain Terms of noun prism
Familiarity of noun prism
prism used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun prism
2 senses of prism
Sense 1
prism
> polyhedron
=> convex polyhedron
=> concave polyhedron
=> prism
=> pyramid
=> tetrahedron
=> pentahedron
=> hexahedron
=> octahedron
=> decahedron
=> dodecahedron
=> icosahedron
=> regular polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular convex polyhedron, Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solid
=> prismatoid
=> trapezohedron
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
> optical device
=> autofocus
=> biprism
=> camera lucida
=> coelostat
=> collimator
=> diffraction grating, grating
=> diffuser, diffusor
=> finder, viewfinder, view finder
=> Kerr cell
=> laser, optical maser
=> lens, lense, lens system
=> Nicol prism
=> planetarium
=> polarimeter, polariscope
=> prism, optical prism
=> projector
=> Rochon prism, Wollaston prism
=> stereoscope
=> viewer
Meronyms of noun prism
2 senses of prism
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
=> optical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun prism
1 of 2 senses of prism
Sense 2
prism, optical prism
PART OF: biprism
PART OF: telescope, scope
PART OF: spectroscope, prism spectroscope
Grep of noun prism
biprism
erecting prism
nicol prism
optical prism
prism
prism spectroscope
prismatoid
prismoid
quadrangular prism
rochon prism
triangular prism
wollaston prism
Grep of adj prism
prismatic
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