Definition:Regular Prism
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Definition
A regular prism is a right prism whose bases are regular polygons.
Also defined as
A regular prism is also defined such that each of the lateral faces are actually squares.
$\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ refers to such a regular prism as a square prism.
Also known as
A regular prism is also known as a right-regular prism.
There appears not to be a standard term for an oblique prism whose bases are regular polygons.
Also see
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): prism
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): prism
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): prism