Prism, ikintu kibonerana kizengurutswe nindege ebyiri zihuza zidahuye nizindi, zikoreshwa mugucamo cyangwa gukwirakwiza imirasire yumucyo. Prism irashobora kugabanywamo ibice bitatu byimpande eshatu, prismes zurukiramende, na prismagonal prism ukurikije imiterere n'imikoreshereze yabyo, kandi akenshi bikoreshwa mubikoresho bya digitale, siyanse n'ikoranabuhanga, nibikoresho byubuvuzi.