Triangular Prism Math Definition
The line segment where two faces come together is an edge.
Triangular prism math definition. Triangular prisms are three dimensional solids that have triangles for their bases and rectangles for their lateral faces. Illustrated definition of triangular prism. In the figure below are three types of triangular prisms. A triangular prism is a polyhedron that has two parallel and congruent triangles called bases.
It has 5 faces 6 vertices and 9 edges in total. Like other prisms the two bases here are parallel and congruent to each other. The lateral faces sides that are not bases are parallelograms rectangles or squares there are three lateral faces for a triangular prism. A triangular prism is a prism with triangular bases.
A prism with the cross section of a triangle.