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anorthic

British

/ ænˈɔːθɪk /

adjective

another word for triclinic

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Etymology

Origin of anorthic

C19: from _an- + _ortho- + _-ic

Example Sentences

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The mineral cleaves in three rectangular directions, and the crystals occasionally found in the crevices have a cubic habit, but it has been proved, after much discussion, that they belong to the anorthic system.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

It is a sodium and aluminium silicate, NaAlSi3O8, and crystallizes in the anorthic system.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Ha�y in 1799, on account of the characteristic thin wedge-like form of its anorthic crystals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Optically biaxial crystals were afterwards shown by J. F. W. Herschel and F. E. Neumann in 1822 and 1835 to be of three kinds, corresponding with the orthorhombic, monoclinic and 571 anorthic systems.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

CYANITE, a native aluminium silicate, Al2SiO5, crystallizing in the anorthic system.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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