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# prismatic

«prismatic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Shaped like a prism: a solid with two matching ends and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Shaped like a prism: a solid with two matching ends and flat sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#m1)

2) Splitting white light into the colours of the rainbow, as a glass prism does; shining with many colours: «prismatic colours». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#m2)

3) Using a prism: «a prismatic compass». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons prismatic shapes are prisms like a Toblerone box; in science, prismatic colours show how light splits into a spectrum. In stories it describes rainbow sparkles. Phrases: «prismatic colours», «prismatic compass», «prismatic crystals».

### examples

- Sunlight through the crystal made prismatic colours on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#x1)
- Some crystals grow in prismatic shapes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#x2)
- A prismatic compass helps you take exact bearings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#x3)
- The soap bubble shimmered with prismatic light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#x4)
- A triangular prism is a prismatic solid with two triangle ends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#x5)
- The fountain spray looked prismatic in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/#x6)

### note

Adjective from «prism». In maths, a prism has the same cross-section all along its length; its volume = area of the end × length. Rainbow colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prismatic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prismatic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.