pinacoid

[ pin-uh-koid ]

nounCrystallography.
  1. a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.

Origin of pinacoid

1
1875–80; <Greek pinak- (stem of pínax) slab, board + -oid

Other words from pinacoid

  • pin·a·coi·dal, adjective

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