prism

     

Prism may refer to:

Trivia about prism

  • Used by Isaac Newton to study light, this multi-sided object is found in modern spectrometers
  • This object in a spectrometer spreads a beam of light into separate colors
  • Newton used one of these to spread out white light into a colored band
  • The name of this solid figure used to disperse light into a spectrum is from the Greek for "something sawed"
  • Lex has a whole spectrum of uses for this optical device seen here:
  • As raindrops sometimes do, this device separates white light into the color spectrum
  • It's the 5-letter term for the transparent solid that disperses light into a spectrum
  • A cube is an example of a rectangular one of these; A Pink Floyd cover displays a triangular one