prism

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An object having the shape of a geometrical prism (sense 1).
2. isim A cutting (“open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through”) or an embankment shaped like a prism (sense 1) or a number of prisms, such that its volume can be easily calculated.
3. isim A crystal in which the faces are parallel to the vertical axis.
4. isim A transparent block in the shape of a prism (sense 1), typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light.

   “Here, avvful [Isaac] Newton, the diſſolving clouds / Form, fronting on the ſun, thy ſhovvery priſm; / And to the ſage-inſtructed eye unfold / The various tvvine of light, by thee diſclos'd / From the vvhite mingling maze.”

5. isim A spectrum produced by light being refracted through a prism.

   “The beams, that thro' the Oriel shine, / Make prisms in every carven glass, […]”

6. isim A retroreflector (“device which reflects light back to its source with minimal scattering”) which is usually attached to a surveying pole as a target for a total station which emits a light beam at the device and calculates how long it takes to be reflected back in order to measure distance.
7. isim A perspective that colours one's perception.

   “I had surveyed the landscape through the prism of poetry, which tinged every object with the hues of the rainbow.”