Definition of Triangular prism

1. Noun. A prism whose bases are triangles.

Generic synonyms: Prism

Definition of Triangular prism

1. Noun. A prism with a triangular base. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triangular Prism

triangular division
triangular divisions
triangular fold
triangular fossa
triangular fovea of arytenoid cartilage
triangular lamella
triangular ligaments of liver
triangular muscle
triangular nucleus
triangular number
triangular numbers
triangular part
triangular pit of arytenoid cartilage
triangular prism (current term)
triangular prisms
triangular pyramid
triangular pyramids
triangular ridge
triangular uterus
triangulares
triangularis
triangularis muscle
triangularities
triangularity
triangularity of the teeth
triangularly
triangulate

Literary usage of Triangular prism

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

1. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REFRACTING INFLUENCE OF A triangular prism AND A PLA.TE, OR PANE, OF GLASS. In passing through a plate of glass whose surfaces are ..."

2. A Text-book of Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1894)
"Therefore the truncated triangular prism ABC-DEF is equivalent to the sum of ... The volume of a truncated right triangular prism is equal to the product of ..."

3. Freehand Perspective and Sketching: Principles and Methods of Expression in by Dora Miriam Norton (1908)
"... triangular prism AND FRAME — PROBLEM FOR ORIGINAL STUDY THE MODELS. — The prism is eight inches long, and its triangular ends are four inches on a side. ..."

4. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements by Euclid, Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1908)
"Any triangular pyramid is one third of the triangular prism on the same base ... He has previously proved that the volume of a triangular prism is equal to ..."

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