Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Biprism

Biprism , noun

[Prefix bi- + prism.]

1.
A prism whose refracting angle is very nearly 180 degrees.
2.
A combination of two short rectangular glass prisms cemented together at their diagonal faces so as to form a cube; -- called also optical cube. It is used in one form of photometer.