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prismatize, v.|ˈprɪzmətaɪz|
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
trans. To make or render prismatic; to cause to consist of prismatic crystals. Hence prismatiˈzation, the process of rendering prismatic.
1834–5Phillips Man. Geol. (1855) 189 Dikes of greenstone..producing upon the coal the effect of charring and partial prismatization. Ibid. 260 The prismatizing of shale by the action of basalt. 1869― Vesuv. iii. 63 The lava is rather earthy in texture, except at the end, where it is compact and prismatized. |