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irregular prisms

irregular prisms is the plural of irregular prism.

Meaning of irregular prism

Noun

irregular prism (plural irregular prisms)

  1. a prism whose cross section is an irregular polygon
    • A right prism, having regular polygons for its terminating planes, is said to be regular ; an irregular prism is one in which the ends are irregular polygons.1867, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's Information for the People, page 652
  2. a solid that is like a prism but whose cross section is not (necessarily) a polygon
    • If the base be a triangle, it is called a triangular prism; if a square, a square prism; if a pentagon, a pentagonal prism; and' if the base is any irregular figure, it is called an irregular prism : ...1850, John Radford Young, An introductory treatise on mensuration, in theory and practice, page 115

Questions about irregular prisms

What is irregular prisms the plural of?
Irregular prisms is the plural of irregular prism.

Words near irregular prisms in the dictionary

  1. irregular galaxies
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  3. irregular prime
  4. irregular primes
  5. irregular prism
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  8. irregular verbs
  9. irregular warfare
  10. irregularisation
  11. irregularisations

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