Monoclinic

[mɒnə(ʊ)'klɪnɪk]

Definition

(adj.) having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection; 'monoclinic system' .

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Definition

(a.) Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

Editor: Trudy

Definition

adj. (mineral) crystallising in three unequal axes two intersecting each other at an oblique angle and at right angles to the third.—Also Mon′oclīnate.

Typist: Nola