Prism

Pronunciation: /ˈprɪz.əm/ Explain

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A prism is a geometric solid with parallel, congruent bases which are both polygons. A regular prism has bases that are congruent regular polygons. A right regular prism has the top directly over the base.

References

1. McAdams, David E.. All Math Words Dictionary, prism. 2nd Classroom edition 20150108-4799968. pg 144. Life is a Story Problem LLC. January 8, 2015. Buy the book

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McAdams, David E. Prism. 12/21/2018. All Math Words Encyclopedia. Life is a Story Problem LLC. https://www.allmathwords.org/en/p/prism.html.

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• All images and manipulatives are by David McAdams unless otherwise stated. All images by David McAdams are Copyright © Life is a Story Problem LLC and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Revision History

12/21/2018: Reviewed and corrected IPA pronunication. (McAdams, David E.)
12/1/2018: Removed broken links, updated license, implemented new markup, updated geogebra app. (McAdams, David E.)
8/3/2018: Initial version. (McAdams, David E.)