triclinic

American

[trahy-klin-ik] / traɪˈklɪn ɪk /

adjective

Crystallography.

noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which the three axes are unequal and intersect at oblique angles.

triclinic British

/ traɪˈklɪnɪk /

adjective

Also: anorthic. relating to or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three unequal axes, no pair of which are perpendicular

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triclinic Scientific

/ trī-klĭn′ĭk /

Relating to a crystal having three axes of different lengths intersecting at oblique angles. The mineral microcline (a type of feldspar) has triclinic crystals.
See illustration at crystal

Etymology

Origin of triclinic

1850–55; tri- + Greek klī́n ( ein ) to lean ¹, slope + -ic

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