triclinic

American  

[trahy-klin-ik] / traɪˈklɪn ɪk /

adjective

Crystallography.

1. noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization in which the three axes are unequal and intersect at oblique angles.

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triclinic British  

/ traɪˈklɪnɪk /

adjective

1. Also: anorthic.  relating to or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three unequal axes, no pair of which are perpendicular

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triclinic Scientific  

/ trī-klĭn′ĭk /

1. Relating to a crystal having three axes of different lengths intersecting at oblique angles. The mineral microcline (a type of feldspar) has triclinic crystals.

2. See illustration at crystal

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Etymology

Origin of triclinic

1850–55; tri- + Greek klī́n ( ein ) to lean ¹, slope + -ic

Example Sentences

Under these high-pressure and high-temperature conditions, the rubidium niobate underwent a structural transformation from a complex triclinic phase at ambient pressure phase into a 26 % denser orthorhombic perovskite-type structure.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

Boric acid crystallizes from water in white nacreous laminae belonging to the triclinic system; it is difficultly soluble in cold water, but dissolves readily in hot water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

The felspar microliths, which constitute so large a proportion of the ground-mass in the Etna lavas, are in most instances probably triclinic.

From Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by Rodwell, G. F.

Orthoclase is orthoclastic and monoclinic; all the other feldspars are plagioclastic and triclinic.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

It crystallizes with five molecules of water as large blue triclinic prisms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various