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Prismatic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or being a prism.

adj. Formed by refraction of light through a prism. Used of a spectrum of light.

adj. Brilliantly colored; iridescent.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.

adj. Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism.

adj. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism.

adj. Same as Orthorhombic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism.

Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied in color: as, a prismatic spectrum; prismatic colors.

In anatomy, noting muscles whose fibers run direct and parallel with one another from the point of origin to the point of insertion: correlative with pyramidal, 3, and rhomboidal, 2.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism

adj. of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism

Word Usage

"I've said, is not emerald green, as most folks think -- that is, not unless it is seen under what science-folks call the prismatic action of light -- but a dull white that is almost opaque."

Equivalent

colourful colorful prismatical

Cross Reference

prismatic spectrum prismatic planes prismatic compass prismatic binocular prismatic crystal

Variant

orthorhombic

Form

prismatic compass

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Adriatic Asiatic Attic Charismatic Democratic

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

iridescent opalescent scintillating ever-changing blue-white