prismatic

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What we need here is prismatic, which is flat cells.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, resembling, or being a prism.
  2. adjective Formed by refraction of light through a prism. Used of a spectrum of light.
  3. adjective Brilliantly colored; iridescent.

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  • What we need here is prismatic, which is flat cells. —  GigaOM Network
  • A123 and Chrysler developed battery systems that use the same battery cell -- one with a flat shape known as a prismatic cell -- rather than tailoring the cells 'chemistries for each different vehicle. —  Technology Review RSS Feeds
  • Each module is made up of what is known as a prismatic cell —  gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
  • You can't explain something like evaporation or the prismatic effect that causes a rainbow. —  CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2001
  • You cannot suggest on the piano, with any adequacy of effect, a mountain-side in flames, or the prismatic arch of a rainbow, or the towering architecture of cloud forms; so MacDowell has confined himself within the bounds of such canvases as he paints upon in his “Four Little Poems” (“The Eagle,” “The Brook,” “Moonshine,” “Winter "), in his first orchestral suite, and in the inimitable “Woodland Sketches” and “Sea Pieces.” —  Edward MacDowell
 

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  1. Greek prīsma, prīsmat-, prism; see prism + -ic.

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/ (prĭz-mătˈĭk)/
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