Prismatic colors

Prismatic colors
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. [1913 Webster]

2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors. [1913 Webster]

3. (Crystallog.) Same as {Orthorhombic}. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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