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prism vs parallelopipedon

parallelopipedon vs prism

prism and parallelopipedon both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prism Yes No No No
parallelopipedon Yes No No No
As nouns, parallelopipedon is a hyponym of prism; that is, parallelopipedon is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prism:
  • prism: a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
  • parallelopipedon: a prism whose bases are parallelograms
prism (noun) parallelopipedon (noun)
optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image a prism whose bases are parallelograms
a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms
Difference between prism and parallelopipedon

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