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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. Used of certain crystals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In crystallography, pertaining to the inclination of three intersecting axes to each other; specifically, appellative of a system of crystallization in which the three axes are unequal and their intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhomboidal prism. Also triclinohedric, triclinate, anorthic, asymmetric, tetartoprismatic. See cut 3 under rhombohedron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Crystallog.) Having, or characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under
crystallization .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective crystallography Having three
unequal axes allintersecting atoblique angles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles
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Examples
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The crystal structure of the acid is triclinic, meaning its crystal system has 7 lattice points.
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The crystal structure of the acid is triclinic, meaning its crystal system has 7 lattice points.
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In the sixth and last system, the triclinic -- or anorthic, or asymmetric -- the axes are again three, but in this case, none of them are equal and none at right angles.
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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· Fixed Wyckoff database for non-conventional complex lattices of triclinic space groups.
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Beginning with the highest, we have -- (1) the cubic system, with nine planes of symmetry; (2) the hexagonal, with seven planes; (3) the tetragonal, with five planes; (4) the rhombic, with three planes; (5) the monoclinic, with one plane; (6) the triclinic, with no plane of symmetry at all.
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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