(ˈ)priz|mad.]ik, -at], ]ēk\ adjective
Etymology: French prismatique, from Greek prismat-, prisma prism + French -ique -ic
1. : of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a prism
a prismatic form or cleavage
prismatic lusters on a chandelier
2.
a. : formed by a prism : resembling the colors formed by the refraction of light through a prism
prismatic effects
prismatic spectrum colors
b. : consisting of prisms
prismatic soil aggregates
3. : resembling a prism or its refraction of light
a prismatic book, sharply faceted, receiving light from many aspects and refracting the actual into the prophetic — Warren Beck
: highly colored : brilliant , showy
the prismatic life
prismatic splendor
4. : having such symmetry that a general form with faces cutting all axes at unspecified intercepts is a prism — used of a class of crystals with the highest symmetry in the monoclinic system