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prismatic
[priz-mat-ik]
adjective
of, relating to, or like a prism.
formed by or as if by a transparent prism.
spectral in color; brilliant.
prismatic colors.
highly varied or faceted.
a prismatic existence.
prismatic
/ ɪˈæɪ /
adjective
concerned with, containing, or produced by a prism
exhibiting bright spectral colours
prismatic light
crystallog another word for orthorhombic
prismatic
Relating to or resembling a prism.
Formed by refraction of light through a prism, used especially of a spectrum of light.
Other Word Forms
- prismatically adverb
- interprismatic adjective
- unprismatic adjective
- unprismatical adjective
- unprismatically adverb
- ˈپ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of prismatic1
Example Sentences
This was, in part, what drew him to making a prismatic study of Callas.
Because isn’t that what beauty is, in all of its prismatic totality — hard to kill, always in bloom?
The glass panels gleam in the sun, like an outsize version of the prismatic bluish-purple gem that glitters in the light.
Like hip-hop, breaking is represented by a prismatic range of cultures, each of which has evolved the form and lends its own flavors.
Joni Mitchell, 80, has been singing her prismatic folk ballad “Both Sides Now” since she was 23, and yet every time she performs it, she seems to be interpreting its infinitely wise lyrics anew.
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