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Sorry by mistake btw what is a prism

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GEOMETRY
a solid geometric figure whose two ends are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.
OPTICS
a glass or other transparent object in the form of a prism, especially one that is triangular with refracting surfaces at an acute angle with each other and that separates white light into a spectrum of colours.
used to refer to the clarification or distortion afforded by a particular viewpoint.
"they were forced to imagine the disaster through the prism of television"
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Answer:

• A prism is a polygon and hedron like substance [ polyhedron ] with polygonal edges hence forming rectangular, rhombical or pallarelogramic surfaces.

• There are four prism types;

  • Reflecting prisms
  • Dispersion prisms
  • Displacement prisms
  • Rotation prisms.
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