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PRISMATIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism

Example:

prismatic light

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

colorful; colourful (having much or varied color)

Derivation:

prism (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism

Example:

prismatic form

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

prism (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)

Derivation:

prism (optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image)

prism (a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms)

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