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reflection plane

noun Crystallography.

a plane through a crystal that divides the crystal into two halves that are mirror images of each other.

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Nearby words

  1. reflecting telescope,
  2. reflection,
  3. reflection coefficient,
  4. reflection density,
  5. reflection nebula,
  6. reflective,
  7. reflectively,
  8. reflectivity,
  9. reflectometer,
  10. reflector
Compare symmetry element.

Origin of reflection plane

First recorded in 1970–75
Also called symmetry plane.
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