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Prismoid

Prismoid \Pris"moid\ (pr[i^]z"moid), n. [Cf. F. prismto["i]de.] A body that approaches to the form of a prism.

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prismoid

n. 1 (context geometry English) A prismatoid that has planar sides, and the same number of vertex in both of its parallel planes 2 (context geometry English) An antiprism

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prismoid

n. a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms

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They were placed at random along the plain: silolike cylinders of shiny metal, skyscraper-size prismoids set with gemlike facets, flaring hyperboloids with barber-pole skirts, enormous lattices of translucent colored materials.