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Encyclopedia > Prism
Look up prism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Prism may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

PRISM (acronym) may stand for: If a shaft of light entering a prism is sufficiently narrow, a spectrum results. ... Diagram of a triangular prism, dispersing light Lamps as seen through a prism. ... In geometry, an n-sided prism is a polyhedron made of an n-sided polygonal base, a translated copy, and n faces joining corresponding sides. ... There are a number of magazines called Prism magazine, including: Prism magazine, a small-scale New Zealand magazine ASEE Prism, the flagship publication of the American Society for Engineering Education PRISM international, a Canadian literary magazine ESA Prism, put out by the Evangelicals for Social Action Prism Magazine of Amherst... Launched in the 70s by Spectacor, PRISM (Philadelphia Regional In-Home Sports and Movies) was a 24-hour premium channel, intended for cable customers in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. ... Prisms Armageddon album, 1979 (re-released in 2004) Prism is a Canadian rock band formed in Vancouver in 1976. ... Prism is the debut album by Canadian rock band Prism, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). ... Prism ) are a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1975. ... Jazz fusion (or jazz-rock fusion or fusion) is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, country, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. ... Prism is a fictional planet created by Alan Dean Foster in which in addition to carbon based life forms, silicon based life forms also abound. ... Biography Prism is a mutant supervillain in Marvel Comics. ... Prism Records was an American record label formed in 1978. ... Prism Micro Products Limited was a British company (Registered No. ... A SGI Prism computer is essentially a SGI Altix with ATI graphics, often using the ATI 350 or 420 Chipset. ... Look up acronym, initialism, alphabetism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

  • PRISM program, A program for gifted children in Bellevue, WA
  • PRISM (chipset), a wireless networking chipset made by Conexant
  • DEC PRISM, Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Machine made by Digital Equipment Corporation
  • Apollo PRISM
  • Oregon PRISM, agency of Oregon state government.
  • PRISM (Indian political party), a political party in India.
  • Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata, a metadata standards organization [1]
  • PRISM (game), a first-person-shooter.
  • PRISM (Portal Resources for Indiana Science and Mathematics), a free web site for teachers.
  • PRISM (Pediatric RIsk of Mortality), a physiology based predictor for pediatric ICU patients. [2]
  • PRISM (Partnership for Research Integrity in Science & Medicine), an advocacy organization concerned with issues relating to the access of research papers. [3]*

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Prisms (284 words)
A refracting prism is a convenient geometry to illustrate dispersion and the use of the angle of minimum deviation provides a good way to measure the index of refraction of a material.
Reflecting prisms are used for erecting or otherwise changing the orientation of an image and make use of total internal reflection instead of refraction.
The angle of minimum deviation for a prism may be calculated from the prism equation.
CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Prism (1115 words)
The idea of Prism got its start in the early 1970's when Jim Vallance and Bruce Fairbairn met at the University of British Columbia in the school's music program; they decided to join forces and formed a project called Sunshyne.
Small had his own vision of where Prism should be headed and it didn't mesh with the rest of the band; within months of recording their 1981 album, 'Small Change', band members were leaving in droves.
Prism as an entity recorded one more album in 1983 and then split up altogether.
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