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"translation": "coefficient prismatique",
"word": "prismatic coefficient"
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"word": "prismatic colors"
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"word": "prismatic colours"
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"translation": "compas prismatique",
"word": "prismatic compass"
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"Du grec ancien πρίσμα(τ), prisma(t) (« scié », « coupe », « prisme ») avec le suffixe -ic.",
"La variante prismatical est attestée environ à la même époque .",
"Cognat avec le français prismatique, l’italien prismatico, ou encore l’espagnol prismático et prismáticos.",
"Sens 2 attesté en 1728."
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"La variante prismatical est attestée environ à la même époque .",
"Cognat avec le français prismatique, l’italien prismatico, ou encore l’espagnol prismático et prismáticos.",
"Sens 2 attesté en 1728."
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