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prism

transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refract light
Class type of: optical component Q165896

Facts

5 properties
Subclass of
optical component
Described by source
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[2]
Different from
Pryzmat[4]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[5]
Shape
prism[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en prism en optical prism ar موشور cs optický hranol cs Optický klín cs Světelný hranol cs Lámavý úhel cs Lámavá stěna da optisk prisme da prisme de Prisma el Πρίσμα es prisma optico es prisma óptico fa منشور he מנסרה hi संक्षेत्र hu prizma it prisma ottico ja プリズマ
🔖 Identifiers · 21
OpenAlex ID
C67666897
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Színszóródás prizmán2.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300183080
Biblissima authority ID
AS-204
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/prism-crystallography, technology/prism-optics
Freebase ID
/m/01prc1
Iconclass notation
49E253
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
prisms
Larousse ID
divers/prisme/83228, animations/Prisme/1100995
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
67666897
Museum-digital tag ID
21695
NDL Authority ID
00569221
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National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/21B7EB70-BCCF-4BF2-9B3E-25050AA8DA9C
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
1791
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3963133
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
プリズム
Topic's main category
Category:Prisms (optics)
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Concept", "OpticalPrism::2z765"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
04011716-n
YSO ID
4139
Yale LUX ID
concept/aece2fe7-f671-4911-81fb-20650bd4cd20
📚 Sources · 1
  • ndl_authorities as of 2026-10-01 · 1 statement · pdl-1.0 data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)

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Library of Congress authority IDP244
sh85106922 2026-10-01 ndl_authorities (pdl-1.0) as of 2026-10-01
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Source
ndl_authorities
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261103 landed
Licence
pdl-1.0
Credit
data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
Bronze
manifest sha256 6e048898660f1188…
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 7
Abbe prism, Dove prism, Porro prism, dispersive prism, Pellin–Broca prism, grism, deck prism
Examples 2
Dichroic prism, star diagonal
Belongs to 1
belay glasses
Described by source 1
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Shape 1
prism
Topic's main category 1
Category:Prisms (optics)
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Prisms (optics)
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Summary

prism is a type of optical component[1].

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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 78
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'ba', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el',
    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|gl */ Prisma (óptica), import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → AS-204
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority ID: Q297084, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Pryzmat
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → optical component
    Shape → prism
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ YSO ID: 4139, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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