prism
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Britannica Dictionary definition of PRISM
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a transparent glass or plastic object that usually has three sides and that separates the light that passes through it into different colors
— often used figuratively to describe a way of looking at or thinking about something that causes you to see or understand it in a different way
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The novel is a history of early 19th-century America told through the prism of one life.
