Prismatic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prismatic \Pris*mat"ic\, Prismatical \Pris*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
     F. prismatique.]
     1. Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism; as, a prismatic
        form or cleavage.
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     2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism;
        as, prismatic colors.
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     3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}.
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     {Prismatic borax} (Chem.), borax crystallized in the form of
        oblique prisms, with ten molecules of water; --
        distinguished from octahedral borax.
  
     {Prismatic colors} (Opt.), the seven colors into which light
        is resolved when passed through a prism; primary colors.
        See {Primary colors}, under {Color}.
  
     {Prismatic compass} (Surv.), a compass having a prism for
        viewing a distant object and the compass card at the same
        time.
  
     {Prismatic spectrum} (Opt.), the spectrum produced by the
        passage of light through a prism.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  colorful \colorful\ adj.
     1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
           shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing};
           {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,
           empurpled}]
  
     Syn: colourful.
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     2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of {colorless}
        or {dull}. [Narrower terms: {brave, fine, gay, glorious};
        {flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; {flashy, gaudy,
        jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; {picturesque}]
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     3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
        as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of {colorless} and
        {monochrome}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {tinted}; {touched, tinged}; {amber,
           brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; {amethyst}; {auburn,
           reddish-brown}; {aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden};
           {azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue}; {bicolor,
           bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
           bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
           blush-colored, rosy}; {bottle-green}; {bronze, bronzy};
           {brown, brownish, dark-brown}; {buff}; {canary,
           canary-yellow}; {caramel, caramel brown}; {carnation};
           {chartreuse}; {chestnut}; {dun}; {earth-colored,
           earthlike}; {fuscous}; {green, greenish, light-green,
           dark-green}; {jade, jade-green}; {khaki}; {lavender,
           lilac}; {mauve}; {moss green, mosstone}; {motley,
           multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
           painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
           varicolored, varicoloured}; {mousy, mouse-colored};
           {ocher, ochre}; {olive-brown}; {olive-drab}; {olive};
           {orange, orangish}; {peacock-blue}; {pink, pinkish};
           {purple, violet, purplish}; {red, blood-red, carmine,
           cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
           scarlet}; {red, reddish}; {rose, roseate}; {rose-red};
           {rust, rusty, rust-colored}; {snuff, snuff-brown,
           snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
           snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
           brownish-orange}; {stone, stone-gray}; {straw-color,
           straw-colored, straw-coloured}; {tan}; {tangerine};
           {tawny}; {ultramarine}; {umber}; {vermilion,
           vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; {yellow, yellowish};
           {yellow-green}; {avocado}; {bay}; {beige}; {blae
           bluish-black or gray-blue)}; {coral}; {creamy}; {cress
           green, cresson, watercress}; {hazel}; {honey,
           honey-colored}; {hued(postnominal)}; {magenta};
           {maroon}; {pea-green}; {russet}; {sage, sage-green};
           {sea-green}] [Also See: {chromatic}, {colored}, {dark},
           {light}.]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prismatic
       adj 1: of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism;
              "prismatic form"
       2: exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light
          through a prism; "prismatic light"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "prismatic":
     bicolor, bicolored, chromatic, cold, colorful, colorific, coloring,
     colory, cool, crazy, daedal, dichromatic, divers-colored, glowing,
     harlequin, harmonious, kaleidoscopic, many-colored, matching,
     medley, monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, motley,
     multiangular, multicolor, multicolored, multicolorous,
     multilateral, parti-color, parti-colored, pigmentary,
     polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, polygonal, polyhedral,
     prismal, prismoid, pyramidal, pyramidic, rainbow, shot,
     shot through, spectral, thunder and lightning, tinctorial, tingent,
     toning, trichromatic, trichromic, tricolor, tricolored, two-tone,
     varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored, warm