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Definition of Prismoid
1. Noun. A prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms.
Definition of Prismoid
1. n. A body that approaches to the form of a prism.
Definition of Prismoid
1. Noun. (geometry) A prismatoid that has planar sides, and the same number of vertices in both of its parallel planes ¹
2. Noun. (geometry) An antiprism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prismoid
1. a geometric solid [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prismoid
Literary usage of Prismoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the by Carl Bezold, Leonard William King, Wilfred G. Lambert, Alan Ralph Millard (1896)
"Fragment out of the middle of a prismoid, 3 in. high, one side of the base at
... [79-7-8, 2] Fragment of the upper portion of a prismoid, 2f in. high, ..."
2. Prismoidal Formulae and Earthwork by Thomas Ulvan Taylor (1898)
"To find an expression for the mean area of a prismoid in terms of the bases and
... It is thought that the following method of deriving such a prismoid ..."
3. Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry from the Works of A.M. Legendre by Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre (1872)
"2. What is the volume of a wedge, whose back is 18 feet by 9, edge 20 feet, and
altitude 6 feet? 504 cu.tl To find the volume of a prismoid. 122. ..."
4. Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: From the Works of A. M. Legendre by Adrien Marie Legendre (1863)
"2. What is the volume of a wedge, whose back is 18 feet ly 9, edge 20 feet, and
altitude 6 feet? 504 cu. ft. To find the volume of a prismoid. 1£2. ..."
5. Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry: From the Works of A.M. Legendre by Adrien Marie Legendre, Charles Davies (1874)
"2. What is the volume of a wedge, whose back is 18 feet l>7 9, edge 20 feet, and
altitude 6 feet? 504 cu. ft. To find the volume of a prismoid. 122. ..."
6. An Introduction to Mensuration and Practical Geometry by John Bonnycastle, James Ryan (1848)
"The rectangular prismoid is evidently composed of two wedges, whose heights are
equal to the height of the prismoid, and their bases its two ends. ..."
7. The Excise Officer's Manual, and Improved Gauger: Being a Compendious by Joseph Bateman (1840)
"A prismoid may, therefore, he considered to comprehend all solids, (not included in
... It may be otherwise defined to be one half of a prism, or prismoid, ..."
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