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TRICLINIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does triclinic mean?
• TRICLINIC (adjective)
The adjective TRICLINIC has 1 sense:
1. having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles
Familiarity information: TRICLINIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles
Synonyms:
anorthic; triclinic
Context example:
triclinic system
Domain category:
crystallography (the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals)
Antonym:
monoclinic (having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection)
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