prismatic
adjUS /pɹɪzˈmætɪk/
Etymology Borrowed from French prismatique. Equivalent to prism + -atic.
1
Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
2
Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.
- Synonyms
- motley, multicolored, polychromatic
- Derived terms
- antiprismatic, aprismatic, diprismatic, gigantoprismatic, interprismatic, intraprismatic, microprismatic, nacroprismatic, nanoprismatic, nonprismatic, pentaprismatic, prismatical, prismatically, prismatic coefficient, prismatic colors, prismatic colours, prismatic compass, prismatic powder, subprismatic, triprismatic, unprismatic