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Monoclinic
Monoclinic \Mon`o*clin"ic\, a. [Mono- + Gr. ? to incline.] (Crystallog.) 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.
Wiktionary
monoclinic
a. (context crystallography English) Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.
WordNet
monoclinic
adj. having three unequal crystal axes with one oblique intersection; "monoclinic system" [ant: triclinic]
Usage examples of "monoclinic".
She enlarged the garden Rhadampsicus had made, adding borders of crystallized ammonia and a sort of walkway with a hedge of monoclinic sulphur which glittered beautifully in the starlight.