Definition of Prismoids

1. prismoid [n] - See also: prismoid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prismoids

prismatic
prismatic colors
prismatic colours
prismatical
prismatically
prismatick
prismatine
prismatoid
prismatoidal
prismatoids
prismless
prismlike
prismoid
prismoidal
prismoids (current term)
prisms
prismy
prison
prison-bound
prison-breaking
prison bitches
prison camp
prison cell
prison cells
prison chaplain
prison chaser
prison chasers
prison farm

Literary usage of Prismoids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Topographical Drawing by Frank Thomas Daniels (1907)
"This formula is rigidly correct for all true prismoids. The only approximation made in its application to earthwork is in assuming that the sides of the ..."

2. A Text-book of Topographical Drawing by Frank Thomas Daniels (1907)
"This formula is rigidly correct for all true prismoids. The only approximation made in its application to earthwork is in assuming that the sides of the ..."

3. Earthwork Haul and Overhaul: Including Economic Distribution by John Charles Lounsbury Fish (1913)
"Center of mass of a series of prismoids. Arithmetical solution. ... If all the prismoids are of uniform cross-sectional area then the center of mass of the ..."

4. Earthwork Haul and Overhaul: Including Economic Distribution by John Charles Lounsbury Fish (1913)
"Center of mass of a series of prismoids. Arithmetical solution. ... If all the prismoids are of uniform cross-sectional area then the center of mass of the ..."

5. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"Many excavations and embankments, especially those which occur in the construction of roads and railroads, are more nearly prismoids than prisms. ..."

6. Railroad Construction: Theory and Practice. A Textbook for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1900)
"The explanation lies in the difference in the form and volume of the prismoids, according to the method of the ..."

7. Field engineering: A Handbook of the Theory and Practice of Railway by William Henry Searles, Howard Chapin Ives (1919)
"The first step toward finding the cubical content of an excavation is to divide it into a number of prismoids by several cross-sections. ..."

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