prism
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This structure consists of closely spaced parallel strips that interact with light similarly to a prism.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Like other reformers, including Catherine Bauer and Edith Elmer Wood, Simkhovitch saw slums through the narrow prism of their deplorable physical conditions, such as overcrowding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Kate Movius moved among a roomful of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, passing out a pop trivia quiz and paper prism glasses.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Much of EU policymaking is now being viewed through the prism of sovereignty.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Even when Stravinsky borrowed from Russian ethnic folk music, which he did in several of his Diaghilev ballet scores, he did so in order to distort it through some mischievous prism.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing prism
Geometry - Introductory
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The ACT Math Test: Geometry, List 2
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Geometry - Middle School
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