prism
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Of course, some people will view Brook's innings through the prism of what has come before.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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
As a child, Olivia Kelly came to understand personal finances through the prism of her mother’s divorce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The prism of lights once again deepened into colors so rich they blotted the clouds.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
About the size of a cookie, each array contains eight quartz corner cube prisms mounted inside a dome shaped aluminum frame.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 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
Spectrographs: Gratings or prisms separate incoming light into spectra to reveal the intensity of individual wavelengths.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022
Giant windows, cut into facets that held the light like prisms, climbed up the tallest towers.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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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