pseudosymmetry

American

[soo-doh-sim-i-tree] / ˌsu doʊˈsɪm ɪ tri /

noun

Crystallography.

an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.

First recorded in 1885–90; pseudo- + symmetry

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