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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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