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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.

  2. Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism; as, prismatic colors.

  3. (Crystallog.) Same as Orthorhombic.

    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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prismatic colors

alt. (context physics optics American spelling English) Colours visible when white light is splitted in a prisma. n. (context physics optics American spelling English) Colours visible when white light is splitted in a prisma.

Usage examples of "prismatic colors".

He brought forth a whistle and blew a clear tone, and up from the tray came glittering motes, flashing the prismatic colors red, blue, green, yellow.

She saw only the beautiful prismatic colors flashing across the field in bars and blots and streamers of rose and violet, of orange and green.

The Sreba's visual signal flared into meaningless prismatic colors, and a moment later its audio plummeted into utter silence.

There were gauzy winged things dancing over the water, prismatic colors glinting off their wings as if those were formed of fine lace set with tiny jewels.

The jewels were glowing so furiously now that their prismatic colors rained down on the the shitdogs and Thorp's followers like God's own grace.

He was dressed in a slashed doublet of spun gold, so fine in its texture that the prismatic colors gleamed over it as if on a surface of mother-of-pearl.

The rays of electric light mix with this dazzling sheaf, every drop as it falls assuming the prismatic colors of the rainbow.

The Elfstones glimmered a deep blue in the midday sun, their facets mirroring the world about them in prismatic colors.

And then the thought grew even as the light grows, tinged by prismatic colors, until at length a memory struck into my soul like a shaft of light.