adj.
Pronunciation: priz- ' ma-tik
Function: adjective
Date: 1709
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 -)l ē \ adverb