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Prism

A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

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Parallelopiped 76% connected

A solid, the faces of which are six parallelograms, the opposite pairs being parallel, and equal to each other; a prism whose base is a parallelogram.

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Polyhedron 76% connected

A body or solid contained by many sides or planes.

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Prismatic 74% connected

Alt. of Prismatical

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Prismatic 74% connected

Alt. of Prismatical

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Scope 70% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

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Spectroscope 70% connected

An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volati…

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Telescope 70% connected

An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

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Color spectrum noun · 78% connection

the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism

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Diffraction noun · 78% connection

The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of…

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Refractive index noun · 78% connection

the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium

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Visible spectrum noun · 78% connection

the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism

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Block verb · 78% connection

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…

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Cone noun · 78% connection

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- call…

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Converse verb · 78% connection

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Couple adjective · 78% connection

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Cylindroid noun · 78% connection

A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.

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Decagon noun · 78% connection

A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angl…

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End noun · 78% connection

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity,…

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Equal adjective · 78% connection

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied…

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Equilibrate verb · 78% connection

To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.

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Figurant n. masc. · 78% connection

One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but…

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Frustum noun · 78% connection

The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two…

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Gnomon noun · 78% connection

The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.

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Hyperbola noun · 78% connection

A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…

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Hyperbolic geometry noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane the…

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Indicatrix noun · 78% connection

A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of…

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Inscribable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.

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Level noun · 78% connection

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel…

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Parabola noun · 78% connection

A kind of curve; one of the conic sections formed by the intersection of the surface of a cone with a plane parallel to one of its sid…

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