point group
nounCrystallography.
a class of crystals determined by a combination of their symmetry elements, all crystals left unchanged by a given set of symmetry elements being placed in the same class.
Origin of point group
1First recorded in 1900–05
- Also called symmetry class.
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British Dictionary definitions for point group
point group
noun
crystallog another term for crystal class
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