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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a canal or river, the body of water at any part of its course as determined by the cross-section at that part, regarded as a cross-section of a prism.
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By setting a water-prism -- water contained in a wedge-shaped vessel with glass sides (B, fig. 8) -- in opposition to a wedge of glass (to the right of B), this point can be illustrated before you.
Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 John Tyndall 1856
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