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prism

[priz-uhm] / ˈprɪz əm /


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Copper’s price rally has to be understood through this prism, Cryer maintains.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

This led Canada to view U.S. demands through a different prism than in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Certain that Ingres had used something optical to achieve that quality, Hockney bought himself a camera lucida, a small device that works like a prism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

They also examined spectra, which are created when light is separated into its component wavelengths, much like a prism creating a rainbow.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

He was the prototypical businessman who saw the world through the prism of supply and demand.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Traditional spectrometers work by splitting light into its component colors using prisms or gratings, then measuring the intensity of each wavelength.

From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026

And then there are the rectangular prisms jutting out of the floor, standing 20 feet apart from the last, with LED screens blasting clips from the movie into viewers’ subconscious.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

Images afterward show bags were placed around a few of Golestan’s massive chandeliers to catch any falling crystal prisms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Among other things, he studied the nature of light, using prisms and lenses.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin


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