The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diatomous \Di*at"o*mous\, a. [Gr. dia`tomos cut through, fr.
diate`mnein to cut through; dia` through + te`mnein to cut.
Cf. Diatom.] (Min.)
Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; -- said of
crystals.
--Mohs.
Wiktionary
a. (context mineralogy English) Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; said of crystals.
Usage examples of "diatomous".
Therefore he stuck with the pure blues, throwing the grays back, fishing for the diatomous forms with mounting enthusiasm.
As might be expected, the water was murky and rich with diatomous swarms.
Therefore he stuck with the pure blues, throwing the grays back, fishing for the diatomous forms with mounting enthusiasm.
Therefore he stuck with the pure blues, throwing the grays back, fishing for the diatomous forms with mounting enthusi-asm.
Inside the safety of a suit again Evan felt more like his old confident self, even if that suit had been grown in an alien pond by diatomous fauna instead of having rolled off the assembly line of one of Samstead's factories.