Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In crystallography, noting that system of crystallization in which there is but one plane of symmetry, the clinodiagonal plane: same as
monoclinic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Crystallog.) Same as
monoclinic .
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- adjective crystallography
monoclinic
Etymologies
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mono- + symmetric
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Examples
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The fifth, the monoclinic -- or clinorhombic, monosymmetric, or oblique -- system, has also three axes, all of them unequal.
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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Cadmium sulphate, CdSO_4, is known in several hydrated forms; being deposited, on spontaneous evaporation of a concentrated aqueous solution, in the form of large monosymmetric crystals of composition 3CdSO_4·8H_2O, whilst a boiling saturated solution, to which concentrated sulphuric acid has been added, deposits crystals of composition CdSO_4·H_2O.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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