trimetric

Sometimes tri·met·ri·cal

[trahy-me-trik]

adjective

1. pertaining to or consisting of a trimeter or trimeters.

2. Crystallography.,  orthorhombic.

trimetric

/ traɪˈmɛtrɪk /

adjective

1. prosody of, relating to, or consisting of a trimeter or trimeters

2. crystallog another word for orthorhombic

Word History and Origins

Origin of trimetric¹

First recorded in 1830–40; trimet(e)r + -ic

Example Sentences

Staurolite, stawr′ō-līt, n. a silicate of alumina with ferrous oxide, magnesia, and water, crystallising in trimetric forms, common as twinned cruciform crystals in certain states.—adj.

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A dig with the Guanche magada or lanza, the island alpen-stock, either outside or inside the crater, will turn up, under the moist white clay, lovely trimetric crystals of sulphur, with the palest straw tint, deepening to orange, and beautifully disposed in acicular shapes.

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