1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qual. in (1772) III. 56 These crystals..would shoot into prism-like figures.
1875 H. Ellison 117 Wit, the brilliant of such temper fine, To such sharp facettes cut, and prism-like wrought.
1935 1 Dec. 2/3 Enhanced beauty reflecting on displays back of the prism-like windows.
1995 Sept. 58/3 A prismlike switching device called a router diffracts the light traveling through a fiber into its component wavelengths.