Prism (geometry)

A Prism is a three-dimensional shape, which consists of two identical polygons, which do not lie in the same axis. For each side of the polygon, there will be a parallelogram.

Set of uniform prisms

(A hexagonal prism is shown)
Typeuniform polyhedron
Faces2+n total:
2 {n}
n {4}
Edges3n
Vertices2n
Schläfli symbol{n}×{} or t{2, n}
Coxeter-Dynkin diagram
Vertex configuration4.4.n
Symmetry groupDnh, [n,2], (*n22), order 4n
Rotation groupDn, [n,2]+, (n22), order 2n
Dual polyhedronbipyramids
Propertiesconvex, semi-regular vertex-transitive

n-gonal prism net (n = 9 here)
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