pinacoid

[pin-uh-koid]

noun

Crystallography.

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

Other Word Forms

• pinacoidal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinacoid¹

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

Example Sentences

All the forms, except the prisms and basal pinacoid, are sphenoids.

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All the closed forms are hexagonal bipyramids; the open forms are hexagonal prisms or the basal pinacoid.

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There is an imperfect cleavage parallel to the basal pinacoid, and the fracture is conchoidal.

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Acute rhombohedra in combination with the basal pinacoid are also frequent, giving crystals of octahedral aspect.

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The cleavage is perfect parallel to the basal pinacoid, and less marked parallel to the prism.

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