Hoʻohana ʻia kahi prisma, kahi mea ʻālohilohi i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā mokulele ʻelua ʻokoʻa ʻole kekahi i kekahi, e hoʻokaʻawale a hoʻopuehu paha i nā kukui kukui. Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā prisms i nā prisms triangular equilateral, prisms rectangular, a me nā prisms pentagonal e like me ko lākou mau waiwai a me ka hoʻohana ʻana, a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā lako kikohoʻe, ʻepekema a me ka ʻenehana, a me nā mea lapaʻau.