[pris.mat.ic] adj (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 "~ effects"
3: highly colored: brilliant "~ lyrics"
4: having such symmetry that a general form with faces cutting all axes at unspecified intercepts is a prism "~ crystals" -- pris.mat.i.cal.ly adv