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Definition of Prismatic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism. "Prismatic form"
2. Adjective. Exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism. "Prismatic light"
Definition of Prismatic
1. a. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic form or cleavage.
Definition of Prismatic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms. ¹
2. Adjective. Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prismatic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prismatic
Literary usage of Prismatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plane and Solid Geometry by Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith (1895)
"A prismatic surface is a surface made up of portions of planes, the intersections of
... If, counting from any plane of a prismatic surface as the first, ..."
2. Plane and Solid Geometry by Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith (1895)
"A prismatic surface is a surface made up of portions of planes, the intersections of
... If, counting from any plane of a prismatic surface as the first, ..."
3. Solid Geometry by Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith (1900)
"A prismatic surface is a surface made up of portions of planes, the intersections of
... If, counting from any plane of a prismatic surface as the first, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"»P 90° 14'; »P«2 127° 4", -P°«o 43° 18'. OP : oop'oo 109° 15 ; -P"oo : ooP'oo
136° 42' ; OP : ooP 103° 31'. Crystals tabular and prismatic. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Preliminary Report on the Results obtained with the prismatic Camera during ...
As the Solar Physics Committee is now in possession of a prismatic camera of ..."
6. A Manual of Spherical and Practical Astronomy: Embracing the General by William Chauvenet (1891)
"THE prismatic REFLECTING CIRCLE AND SEXTANT. J16. The prismatic reflecting circle,
constructed by PISTOR and MARTINS of Berlin ..."
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