prismatic
adjective/prɪzˈmætɪk/
/prɪzˈmætɪk/
- (specialist) using or containing a prism; in the shape of a prismTopics Colours and Shapesc2
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- (literary) (of colours) formed by a prism; very bright and clear
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French prismatique, from Greek prisma ‘thing sawn’, from prizein ‘to saw’.
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