| Library / English Dictionary |
OPTICAL PRISM
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image
Synonyms:
optical prism; prism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("optical prism" is a kind of...):
optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "optical prism"):
erecting prism (a right-angled optical prism used to turn an inverted image upright)
Holonyms ("optical prism" is a part of...):
biprism (an optical device for obtaining interference fringes)
prism spectroscope; spectroscope (an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis)
