prismatic

pris·mat·ic

adj \priz-ˈma-tik\

Definition of PRISMATIC

1

: relating to, resembling, or constituting a prism

2

a : formed by a prism b : resembling the colors formed by refraction of light through a prism <prismatic effects>

3

: highly colored : brilliant <prismatic lyrics>

4

: having such symmetry that a general form with faces cutting all axes at unspecified intercepts is a prism <prismatic crystals>

— pris·mat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of PRISMATIC

1. <with its prismatic plumage, the ruby-throated hummingbird is one of our garden's most prized visitors>

First Known Use of PRISMATIC

1709

Related to PRISMATIC

Synonyms: chromatic, colored, kaleidoscopic, motley, multicolored, multihued, polychromatic, polychrome, colorful, rainbow, varicolored, varied, variegated, various

Antonyms: colorless; monochromatic, monochromic, monotone, self-colored, solid

Related Words: iridescent, opalescent; brave, bright, brilliant, gay, vibrant; flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, showy, splashy; checkered, dotted, patterned, plaid, plaided, striped; dappled (also dapple), marbled, mottled, parti-color (or parti-colored), piebald, pied, pinto; flecked, specked, speckled, spotted; banded, barred, brindled (or brindle), streaked, striated; bichrome, bicolored (or bicolor), dichromatic, trichromatic, tricolor (or tricolored), two-tone, two-toned

Near Antonyms: achromatic; bleached, decolorized, faded, washed-out; dull, faint, gray (also grey), neutral, pale, pallid, unbrilliant

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Other Physics Terms

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Rhymes with PRISMATIC

agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, protatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic