Prismatic
a.-
Resembling, or pertaining to, a prism;
as, a .prismatic form or cleavage -
Separated or distributed by a prism; formed by a prism;
as, .prismatic colors -
(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
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.
