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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prismatic \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prismatic
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism;
"prismatic form"
2: exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light
through a prism; "prismatic light"
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