About The Word Prismatic
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Prismatic
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What's The Definition Of Prismatic?
[adj] exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism; "prismatic light"
[adj] of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism; "prismatic form" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prismatic: colorful | colourful Related Terms | Find terms related to Prismatic: See Also | Prismatic In Webster's Dictionary \Pris*mat"ic\, Prismatical \Pris*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. prismatique.]
1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic
form or cleavage.
2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism;
as, prismatic colors.
3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}.
{Prismatic borax} (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of
oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; --
distinguished from octahedral borax.
{Prismatic colors} (Opt.), the seven colors into which light
is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors.
See {Primary colors}, under {Color}.
{Prismatic compass} (Surv.), a compass having a prism for
viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same
time.
{Prismatic spectrum} (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the
passage of light through a prism.
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