"prismatic colours" meaning in English

See prismatic colours in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} prismatic colours pl (plural only)
  1. (physics, optics, British spelling) Colours visible when white light is split in a prisma. Tags: UK, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Optics, Physics Synonyms: prismatic colors [US] Translations (Translations): Regenbogenfarben [plural] (German), Spektralfarben [feminine, plural] (German), tayf renkleri [plural] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-prismatic_colours-en-noun-0oNSs3lf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics

Download JSON data for prismatic colours meaning in English (1.6kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "prismatic colours pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Optics",
          "orig": "en:Optics",
          "parents": [
            "Physics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Colours visible when white light is split in a prisma."
      ],
      "id": "en-prismatic_colours-en-noun-0oNSs3lf",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "optics",
          "optics"
        ],
        [
          "prisma",
          "prisma"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics, optics, British spelling) Colours visible when white light is split in a prisma."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "prismatic colors"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "optics",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Regenbogenfarben"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Spektralfarben"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "tayf renkleri"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prismatic colours"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "prismatic colours pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English forms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss",
        "en:Optics",
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Colours visible when white light is split in a prisma."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "optics",
          "optics"
        ],
        [
          "prisma",
          "prisma"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics, optics, British spelling) Colours visible when white light is split in a prisma."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "optics",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "prismatic colors"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Regenbogenfarben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Spektralfarben"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tayf renkleri"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prismatic colours"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.