- (specialist)
using or containing a prism; in the shape of a prism 用棱柱体（或棱镜）的；棱柱形的 - (literary)
(of colours 颜色 formed by a prism; very bright and clear 棱镜折射的；分光的；绚丽的；五光十色的
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French prismatique, from Greek prisma ‘thing sawn’, from prizein ‘to saw’.