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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In crystallography, having one fourth the number of planes requisite to complete symmetry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Crystallog.) Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry.

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  • adjective crystallography Having one fourth of the number of planes required for complete symmetry.

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Ancient Greek

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