Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In crystallography, the diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic solid which is at right angles with the vertical axis; also, the plane which includes the two axes named.
- Pertaining to or in the direction of the orthodiagonal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Crystallog.) The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.
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- noun crystallography The
diagonal orlateral axis in amonoclinic crystal which is atright angles with thevertical axis.
Etymologies
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ortho- + diagonal
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