The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hemitrope
Hemitrope \Hem"i*trope\, a. [Hemi- + Gr. ? to turn: cf. F. h['e]mitrope.] Half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure.
Hemitrope
Hemitrope \Hem"i*trope\, n. That which is hemitropal in construction; (Crystallog.) a twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.
Wiktionary
hemitrope
a. Half turned round; half inverted; (context crystallography English) having a twinned structure. n. (context crystallography English) A twin crystal having a hemitropal structure.