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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pris•mat•ic (priz mat′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Opticsof, pertaining to, or like a prism.
- Opticsformed by or as if by a transparent prism.
- spectral in color;
brilliant:prismatic colors. - highly varied or faceted:a prismatic existence.
Also, pris•mat′i•cal. - Greek prīsmat- (stem of prîsma) prism + -ic
- 1700–10
pris•mat′i•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: prismatic /prɪzˈmætɪk/ adj - concerned with, containing, or produced by a prism
- exhibiting bright spectral colours: prismatic light
- another word for orthorhombic
prisˈmatically adv WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prism /ˈprɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Opticsa transparent solid object used for breaking up light into a spectrum of colors.
- Mathematics[Geometry.]a solid having parallel bases and parallel sides.
pris•mat•ic /prɪzˈmætɪk/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prism (priz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Opticsa transparent solid body, often having triangular bases, used for dispersing light into a spectrum or for reflecting rays of light.
- Mathematics[Geom.]a solid having bases or ends that are parallel, congruent polygons and sides that are parallelograms.
- Crystallographya form having faces parallel to the vertical axis and intersecting the horizontal axes.
- Greek prîsma literally, something sawed, akin to prí̄zein to saw, prīstēs sawyer
- Late Latin prīsma
- 1560–70
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